Michael Burch Quotes

A tweet by any other name would be as fleet! —Michael R. Burch

To write an epigram, cram. If you lack wit, scram!

Love is either wholly folly, or fully holy. —Michael R. Burch

We cannot change the past, but we can learn from it.

When I was being bullied, I had to learn not to judge myself by the opinions of intolerant morons. Then I felt much better.

Love has the value of gold, if it's true; if not, of rue.

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.

Thanks to politicians like George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Donald Trump, we now have a duh-mock-racy.

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea. —Plato, translation by Michael R. Burch

Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell? Only the sea gull in his high, lonely circuits, may tell. —Michael R. Burch, after Glaucus