174 Quotes by James Lee Burke

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

There is no higher form of artistic expression then film

The boos always come from the cheap seats.We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others

I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist.

Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton.

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.

...big as a horse turd floating in a milk shake."Wyatt Dixson

When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.

Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.