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John McCarthy Quotes

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money.

John McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 19, 1857 - March 30, 1943

Topics

Work Money Work Hard Enough Hard

The key here is that we're not going to beat them on commercials: They're always going to have more money than us. So what we have to try to do throughout is just ask people to make sure they vote.

Joe Garcia

Money People Key Vote Try More

If people ever talked the way advertising sounded, they would be put away.

Jerry Della Femina

People Advertising Way Away Would

Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too.

Max von Sydow

Opportunity Time Man Me American

I don't hide out. If you build a wall around yourself, it draws people to invade it. Fear is the enemy.

Matt Dillon

Fear Yourself People You Hide Wall

I've had the kind of complex life I write about. I was a single mother for 12 years. I'd been engaged. The wedding fell through. I then discovered I was pregnant and opted to have the child on my own. I was a professor. I was in my mid-30s. I could manage it financially.

Stephanie Coontz

Life Mother Child Wedding Kind Own

Many of the most eloquent people I have ever met work in lab coats every day.

Michael Specter

Work Day People Every Day Coats Lab

When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews.

Judy Gold

Woman You Street Tall See Jews

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

Dick Gregory

Great Thought American Wrong Citizen

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

Doug Collins

Mind Basketball Forward Teachers Try

I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.

Christopher Plummer

Believe First Got Fan Letter Unreal

There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are.

Clemence Poesy

Work Moment Job Rest Think You

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.

Boris Yeltsin

People Thoughts Gold Think Thinking