John McGahern Quotes

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television.

John McGahern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeDirectionAdviceBackTelevision

You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much they practise Soviet-style censorship through creative omission.

Jello Biafra

CreativeMediaYouDownCensorship

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

John McCarthy

ProfessionalWorseEvenThanAmateur

In my early days, I wrote my dissertation for MIT at the London School of Economics, really under James Meade, but my dissertation was five chapters on the theory of capital movement, but it didn't mention money.

Robert Mundell

MoneySchoolEconomicsEarlyLondon

There's no palette as rich as a garden. And the intensity of it - I make this statement all the time: You can't plan nature; you court her.

Robert Irwin

NatureTimeRichPlanYouGarden

Public discussion of how we determine al Qaeda intentions, I just - I can't see how that can do anything but harm the security of the nation.

Michael Hayden

SecurityIntentionsSeeAnythingHow

I never had a doubt that I would make it to the NBA, even when I wasn't playing.

Amar'e Stoudemire

DoubtNeverNBAPlayingWouldEven

I think we have to work with Hollywood. We have to work in the system and change it.

Roger Ross Williams

WorkChangeThinkHollywoodSystem

I want to tour less and make more art.

Mija

ArtWantMoreMakeTourLess

As a writer, it's very difficult to just hand your script over to someone else, especially if you have to watch them hurt it, and that's when I decided I would direct my own work.

Mike Binder

WorkHurtSomeoneYouHandMy Own

The words 'success' and 'single' do go together, especially in Christ.

Monica Johnson

SuccessTogetherWordsGoSingle

If the founder comes to work every day, and it's a struggle, that permeates the whole organization.

Jason Calacanis

WorkDayStruggleOrganizationWhole

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.

Jon Lovitz

SchoolHigh SchoolDramaDoneHigh

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