A. J. Burnett Quotes

I bolted upright in my bed, gasping for air and still feeling his touch on my hand. I could feel him watching me. I could feel him waiting for me.

Do you like a good ghost story?”-Jonah

I need to breathe” I manage to get out, his hold on me loosens slightly.“I need you

I have always grown from my problems and challenges from the things that don't work out. That's when I've really learned.

We do not believe until we want a thing and feel that we shall die if it is not granted to us and then we kneel and believe.

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.

Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

There is nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen.

My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Survivor' is even on. They just know it's on TiVo.

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all.

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and not scream with laughter.

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.