Mary Gordon Quotes

'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by dogma or canon law. That has nothing to do with me. I don't have a lot in common with other 'Catholic' writers.

Mary Gordon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1949

Topics

PerspectiveMeLawYouChoiceSeems

My whole life, I've been working really hard, and I can say I'm a grand slam champion.

Angelique Kerber

LifeChampionI CanSayHardBeen

I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes, after just one season. I got used to that. But I found myself choking up a bit at 'OLTL.' It was really hard to say goodbye to those people. It was not the way we wanted to go out.

Michael Easton

MyselfPeopleGoodbyeGoSayWay

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.

Steve Yzerman

BestKnowAgreePlayerOur

When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor, but the comic that had the most impact on me was always my brother Chris, who was in the next room. It was tangible. If Chris could make it, I could try.

Tony Rock

BrotherMeGrowing UpImpactLoved

I still viewed myself as a reviewer when I was on radio. Was it appropriate for me? I think the answer is it's only inappropriate if I allowed it to affect my film reviewing. I don't think you will find any studio that said, 'Yeah, he went easy on us because he was shopping a script.'

Rod Lurie

MyselfMeShoppingThinkYouFind

Any actress - goodness, we're lucky to be working. We all know that. There are few parts, a few good ones.

Rosamund Pike

GoodGoodnessKnowLuckyWorking

I love being Bob Marley's son because he's a great man.

Rohan Marley

LoveSonGreatManGreat ManBeing

We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself: I will create a field theory of strings. And when I did it one day, it was incredible, realizing that on a sheet of paper I can write down an equation which summarized almost all physical knowledge.

Michio Kaku

KnowledgePowerMyselfDayLong

We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.

Josiah Royce

EyesWorldThoughtFindTruePoor

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty.

Josiah Strong

GreatLightMenSpiritualChristian

The scientist and engineers who are building the future need the poets to make sense of it.

Jason Silva

FutureBuildingEngineersNeedSense

The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows.

Josh Fox

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