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Burl Ives was an American actor, singer, and songwriter, renowned for his roles in films like 'The Big Country' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'. He also had a successful music career, releasing numerous albums and winning a Grammy Award. Ives' unique voice and storytelling abilities made him a cherished figure in American entertainment.

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Famous Burl Ives Quotes

“I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and closer to the heart. The heart is what's important.”

Thinking Trying Heart Long Has Beens Important Moving Spirit Process What's Important Moving Closer

Author:Burl Ives

“I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on the open highway headed east.”

Found Rooms Walking Clothes East Easter Highways Down The Road Walking Away Banjos

Book:Wayfaring Stranger

Source: Wayfaring Stranger

“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 things he buys will be life everlasting.”

Ifs Humans Reason Death Dies Animal Crazy Dying Beast Everlasting Human Animal Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Author:Burl Ives

“To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name.”

Men Giving Names Accepting Manhood Be A Man

Author:Burl Ives

“The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring.”

Ifs Long Faces Felt Black Lines Wind Spring Singing Bird Mark Lays Gray Shed Springtime Dullness

Book:Wayfaring Stranger

Source: Wayfaring Stranger

“Have a holly jolly Christmas!”

Christmas Jolly Hollies

Author:Burl Ives

“I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all.”

Men Littles Interest Behinds Class Teacher Doors Broken Paid Glasses Dull Bangs Broken Glass

Book:Wayfaring Stranger

Source: Wayfaring Stranger

“I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple of hecklers and figures there was some Big Daddy in me, just lyin' dormant. And out it came. People still do call me Big Daddy, but to me, inside, I'm no Big Daddy at all.”

People Stills Bigs Night Saws Figures Couple Directors Call Me Village Daddy One Night Dormant Saloons Greenwich Greenwich Village Hecklers Big Daddy

Author:Burl Ives

“When you've set goals and dreams, you don't feel old.”

Feels Dream Goal Setting Goals Dreams And Goals

Author:Burl Ives

“I'm a law-abiding man. That is, if there's any law to abide by.”

Ifs Men Law Abiding

Author:Burl Ives

“How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked.”

Walks Liberty Streets Bells Toms Franklin Paine Liberty Bell Tom Paine

Author:Burl Ives

About the Author

Born: June 14, 1909
Died: April 14, 1995
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 11

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