I am for 100 per cent Americanism, 100 per cent efficiency, and 100 per cent life. I expect to live to be 100 years old. John Burroughs americanismcentefficiency Change image and share on social
To me, nothing else about a tree is so remarkable as the extreme delicacy of the mechanism by which it grows and lives: the fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top. John Burroughs bottomcelldelicacy share on social
Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar. John Burroughs accountbadcheap share on social
All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock. John Burroughs birdcockcorroborative Change image and share on social
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. John Burroughs christianitycivilizationdevelopment Change image and share on social
My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind. John Burroughs bookflowerfruit Change image and share on social
Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities - political, commercial, sociological, scientific - of the times in which I have lived. John Burroughs activitycommerciallive Change image and share on social
Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it. John Burroughs carriagecommunicationestablish share on social
The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth. John Burroughs angerbeastdog share on social
One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury. Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying, at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height. John Burroughs boldbreakcapable share on social