John McGahern Quotes

For example, it's only about 20 years ago the people in that community would have got telephone lines, and it would be only about in the 1950s that electricity came to that part of the world. Television wouldn't have come till 1970.

John McGahern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 12, 1934 - March 30, 2006

Topics

CommunityPeopleWorldElectricity

You know what it's like having five kids? Imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby.

Jim Gaffigan

BabySomeoneHandsYouKnowImagine

No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.

Sonia Sotomayor

I AmViolenceI CanMatterLeadHow

There's less clutter in the beverage category than in the music category. A lot less clutter.

Troy Carter

MusicClutterBeverageThanCategory

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.

Tori Amos

WalkCompassionPeopleFindGoing

When I speak with people who love their jobs and have vital friendships at work, they always talk about how their workgroup is like a family.

Tom Rath

WorkFamilyLovePeopleSpeakTalk

Obama is telling the insurance companies, as a dictator would, what they can and can't do or what they must or must not do.

Rush Limbaugh

InsuranceMustDictatorWouldObama

Girls, in particular, benefit from sports.

Michelle Kwan

SportsBenefitParticular

I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative.

Michael Reagan

TodayPeopleThinkWonderI Wonder

I wear the same thing every day. I always pack two black jackets, loads of black T-shirts, loads of white jeans. I feel a little fresh and glamorous and graphic.

Michael Kors

DayBlackFeelEvery DayWhiteSame

Do we want a back door in an iPhone where the government can go in to track movements if they have probable cause? I know the director of the FBI and local law enforcement want that capability.

Michael McCaul

GovernmentDoorLawLaw Enforcement

I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.

Liya Kebede

LoveRomanticActionComedyDrama

It's so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world.

Josh Turner

LovePeopleMeCoolWorldLiving

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