E. Michael Burke quotes

“Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.”
-- E. Michael Burke

Source : "100 Ways to Develop Your Mind: The Psychology of the Mind" by Steven Aitchison, (p. 74), 2009.

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“A baseball club is part of the chemistry of the city. A game isn't just an athletic contest. It's a picnic, a kind of town meeting.”
-- E. Michael Burke

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“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.”

“My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.”

“All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.”

“As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.”

“Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.”

“Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.”

“When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.”

“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”