Tom McCarthy Quotes

Ben Karlin is a friend of mine and was a writer on 'The Daily Show.' He's just put out a book and asked a bunch of writers from various disciplines to contribute. It was called 'Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me,' and of course I agreed, and then I actually had to sit down and write it. God, writing fiction is terrifying.

Tom McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

FriendWomenDailyGodMeWriting

By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.

Andrew Weil

LearningMedicineLearnYouHand

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

Robert Herjavec

BusinessMoneyHappyParentsMe

When I worked in the Department of Justice, in the office of the solicitor general, it was my job to argue cases for the United States before the Supreme court. I always found it very moving to stand before the justices and say, 'I speak for my country.'

John Roberts

JusticeJobMovingSpeakStandSay

Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.

Steven Spielberg

MeThinkNeverOldHungryGet

It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day.

Jay-Z

DayFireManSituationPlayGames

At the end of the day, I love eating duck. It's the best thing you can eat on this earth, especially grilled with jalapenos and cream cheese.

Jase Robertson

LoveBestDayEatingEndDuck

Andy Stasiuk was a newsman of the old school of front-page journalism - tough, knowledgeable, cynical, single-minded and fun. He covered the news as a happy warrior in an era of cutthroat editorial competition.

Donald Newhouse

SchoolCompetitionFunHappyTough

My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen.

Brian Tyree Henry

FatherVinylSeenCollectionsEver

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.

William Weld

PeopleStupidRememberNowMeanGot

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

Portia de Rossi

GoodYouthDoingTalkingFastNever

Morning meditation is important to start every day on a positive note.

Susan Burton

PositiveMorningDayStartEvery Day

We will not know unless we begin.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

KnowWillBeginUnless

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Tom McCarthy