The human animal is a beast that eventually has to die. If he's got money, he buys and he buys and he buys. The reason he buys everything he can is because of some crazy hope that one of the… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name. — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The human animal is a beast that eventually has to die. If he's got money, he buys and he buys and he buys. The… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
