Denis Leary Quotes

My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building.

Denis Leary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 18, 1957

Topics

FirePeopleHomelessBuildingWarm

I've learned that just because you're successful in one area doesn't necessarily mean you'll be successful in another.

Jim Nabors

YouJust BecauseMeanSuccessful

I always said life consists of love and work. I tried to balance it 50-50. And, of course, now I'm so happy I did.

John Forsythe

LifeWorkLoveBalanceHappySaid

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Anatole France

ManAnimalWorstHimOutRational

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.

Melanie Chisholm

LoveGreatVoiceKnowSingerSing

Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.

John Lewis

WithoutStandingHereSistersJoseph

I'm an activist.

Michael Horse

Activist

There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.

Johnny Ball

ChildrenBecomeMoreSameTrivial

We've got so many different cultural groups in my family that I've had to learn to accommodate them in different ways. My father speaks different to my mum. My mum speaks different to my grandmother. Everybody speaks different, so you find you start tweaking your language to be more accessible to people.

Trevor Noah

FamilyFatherPeopleStartLanguage

I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't play, so sometimes the palette feels too big.

Trent Reznor

MeI CanPlaySometimesNeedBig

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Robert Wyatt

FreedomFamousYouMoreBigGet

If you're a wildlife filmmaker and you're going out into the field to film animals, especially behavior, it helps to have a fundamental background on who these animals are, how they work and, you know, a bit about their behaviors.

Mike deGruy

WorkBehaviorYouKnowWildlifeOut

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

Mike McCready

BusinessSmallDoingRockWayTry

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