I just can't talk about what ideas we may be considering. We want to have some quiet diplomacy the next couple of days.


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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
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Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae; The hawthorn's budding in the gle...
ROBERT BURNS
Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see! Ye woodbines, hanging...
ROBERT BURNS
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.
ROBERT BURNS
A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his ...
ROBERT BURNS
A man's a man for a' that!
ROBERT BURNS
Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a' kennin'...
ROBERT BURNS
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
ROBERT BURNS
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
ROBERT BURNS
Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'! Now meekly calm, now wild in...
ROBERT BURNS
There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy.
ROBERT BURNS
The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your hono...
ROBERT BURNS
Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.
ROBERT BURNS
Comin' through the rye, poor body, Comin' through the rye, She draigl't a' her petticoatie, ...
ROBERT BURNS
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
ROBERT BURNS
Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
ROBERT BURNS
We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine.
ROBERT BURNS
His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither-- They had been fou for ...
ROBERT BURNS
The fear o’ hell’s a hangman’s whip to haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor ...
ROBERT BURNS
But deep this truth impress'd my mind:
Thro' all His works abroad,
The heart benevolent a...
ROBERT BURNS
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of wo...
GEORGE BURNS
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding wo...
GEORGE BURNS
I don't like to drive. I don't like the aggressiveness that goes along with driving.
HEATHER BURNS
YouTube's algorithm doesn't know what's going on in the world.
BURNIE BURNS
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
ROBERT BURNS
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify t...
KEN BURNS
There is an animated version of 'Lazer Team,' with all the action sequences, that exists. It...
BURNIE BURNS
It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep t...
ROBERT BURNS
I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which i...
MAX BURNS
O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed ...
ROBERT BURNS
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nat...
CONRAD BURNS
The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling o...
ROBERT BURNS
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as cl...
GEORGE BURNS
At my age flowers scare me.
GEORGE BURNS
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
GEORGE BURNS
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
GEORGE BURNS
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
GEORGE BURNS
I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfo...
BROOKE BURNS
You can't make anything idiot proof because idiots are so ingenious.
RON BURNS
Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.
GEORGE BURNS
There's usually not a game when somebody is not there.
BECKY BURNS
The cost of the shelter operation is supported by the city, but it's not nearly enough to cover all ...
BECKY BURNS