Rory McCann Quotes

The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn't 'Son of Ann'... It comes from 'Canis' - as in 'canine' - as in 'dog!' My name - Rory McCann - means Rory Hound, Rory Wolfhound.

Rory McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 24, 1969

Topics

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I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.

Jim Parsons

IntelligenceThinkSexyYouStuck

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

John M. Ford

RealitySometimesTrueWillDecide

When I'm in the studio with a writer, I don't mind for them to take the lead and show me something new.

Stefflon Don

MindMeNewLeadTakeSomething

Look at my skin - I am not of the white people.

Roberto Clemente

I AmPeopleLookWhiteSkinAm

'Nothing Left to Lose' was an album that I wrote in my bedroom, and you don't know who is listening or who cares.

Mat Kearney

ListeningYouLoseKnowNothingWho

On-demand ridesharing can make cities less congested and polluted and free up resources. Shared rides can become so affordable that they cost the same as a bus ride today.

Logan Green

TodayRideFreeBecomeResourcesUp

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth.

Cory Booker

LifeTruthDayManifestSingleUp

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Brooks Atkinson

GodPastThank GodYearGoSilent

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

Anne Sullivan

ExperienceWrongStudentNeedThings

Boys are more likely than girls to look at the cost-benefit tradeoff of going to college. The imbalance of far more women than men at colleges has been a factor in the various sex scandals that have made news in the last couple of years.

Phyllis Schlafly

WomenMenCollegeLookSexNews

I found this deer toy that poops out candy. And so if I say, 'Cree, you have to go to bed right now. You will get a candy.' We've named the pooping deer 'Gus.'... He gets a jelly bean. And it works. Positive reinforcement is the way to go. I'm learning things like that which help me be a better parent.

Tia Mowry

PositiveLearningMeBetterHelpGo

When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins.

Ricky Gervais

PeopleMeFamousYouKnowWant

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