A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm,
waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like
worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their
songs never cease. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)


John Muir

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At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was i...
JAMIE MUIR
While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts gover...
DAVID MUIR
At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol H...
DAVID MUIR
Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was i...
JAMIE MUIR
King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in.
JAMIE MUIR
They're very good with their product and supporting their product. I say that from a reseller standp...
BRIAN MUIR
The market is ready for these types of products. The system administrators, the companies, the gover...
BRIAN MUIR
The end-user market is primed for this type of product.
BRIAN MUIR
The growth, I think, is huge, simply by the fact that pretty well everybody out there is in some way...
BRIAN MUIR
I really think how many times a quarterback gets hit is more important than sacks. It's all about es...
BILL MUIR
We do consumer products for India, white-good products for India and medical products for India and ...
BILL MUIR
As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive pl...
BILL MUIR
Transportation is one cost that somehow gets hidden as you model these things. If you were building ...
BILL MUIR
I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you o...
DAVID MUIR
The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close ...
JAMIE MUIR
I started thinking about moving to Edmonton in June at the Harry Jerome meet (in Burnaby, B.C.). Tha...
CARLINE MUIR
He's in the mould of (retired Blue Bulls No 8) Anton Leonard.
DICK MUIR
Did someone really say,"I'm going to eat the next thing that comes out of that chickens rear-end"?
MIKE MUIR
Usually the odds are against it. Just on normal wear and tear. A great deal of what happens is luck ...
BILL MUIR
This is the last year of your contract, and what you want to put on film is a good game against argu...
BILL MUIR
I'm very impressed. He came back here with a sense of redemption. He wanted to prove to people he wa...
BILL MUIR
Obviously, Kenyatta has had and will continue to have some irritation in that knee. We'll have to be...
BILL MUIR
At the end of the day, when the ball is snapped, Jason Taylor is, in my opinion, the premier pass ru...
BILL MUIR
I like Alderman firstly because it is not Club Clemons. It is much quieter in Alderman and there is ...
SARA MUIR
We have come across footage that confirms the incident.
DICK MUIR
Climate change will have its greatest impact at the coastlines, ... and the risk will go up higher t...
ROBERT MUIR
Spencer will always be our theatre of choice for 'A Christmas Carol' in part because that theatre is...
LAURA MUIR
I think we all know that their forwards are really physical and enjoy confrontation, but I'd imagine...
DICK MUIR
I was excited about the chance to have one-on-one coaching.
CARLINE MUIR
The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble.
DAVID MUIR
It's hard enough doing this kind of work, because it just rips you apart. But to have two of them di...
DONNA MUIR
Sometimes I don't even help people. I'm not able to do anything for them. But the fact that you sit ...
DONNA MUIR
Concord's very good at hiding its homeless.
DONNA MUIR
Against Free State we did all the playing, but we did not play correctly. If we play correctly again...
DICK MUIR
I think continuity has been a problem in selection and our cohesion and confidence has suffered.
DICK MUIR
Jake and I chatted at length and a compromise has been reached. We have agreed to carefully manage t...
DICK MUIR
We are looking at increasing our depth with a few experienced players.
DICK MUIR
We obviously didn't finish where we would have liked to in the Currie Cup, but we can take lessons o...
DICK MUIR
We have given the guys some time off and will only start working with them from November 7.
DICK MUIR
I can honestly say that we as the coaching staff tried to impress upon the players beforehand that v...
DICK MUIR
Our likely team will also not be revealed when we play the Cats the following Wednesday in our final...
DICK MUIR
There were some very pleasing performances from the new guys. Some confirmed they might have what it...
DICK MUIR
See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey fr...
EDWIN MUIR
Oh these deceits are strong almost as life, / Last night I dreamt I was in the labyrinth, / And woke...
EDWIN MUIR
And without fear the lawless roads
Ran wrong through all the land.
EDWIN MUIR
There is a road that turning always / Cuts off the country of Again. / Archers stand there on every ...
EDWIN MUIR
We have seen / Good men made evil wrangling with the evil, / Straight minds grown crooked fighting c...
EDWIN MUIR
Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called ...
JAMIE MUIR
Most of our sales are domestic. However, we are trying to expand our export business and have been v...
FRANK MUIR