Colm Toibin Quotes

I think that was one of the things that happened, especially in Ireland, that you left in order to improve yourself, and you couldn't write home and tell people, 'Look, I'm really lonely,' because you'd realize how much those letters were going to matter, that you needed to put good news or uplifting news into them.

Colm Toibin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 30, 1955

Topics

GoodHomeYourselfPeopleThinkYou

How can you create a team and bring all these egos together? The main goal for Manchester United is for them to play well - and not have a player saying, 'I play well; I scored two goals'. Because if I score two goals, but three goals go into our net, then we lose.

Johan Cruyff

GoalsTogetherTeamSayingYouLose

You know as a director what you want, but the film is smarter than you, the film says no, the film says there's something more here.

John Cassavetes

YouKnowWantMoreDirectorHere

I don't necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.

Andrew Forrest

GodI AmBelieveChurchChristian

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

Robert Goulet

DayLunchDinnerEatMealOnly

We've been running a little behind schedule. But only by about 15 years or so.

Matt Groening

ScheduleYearsLittleBehindBeen

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Jean-Paul Sartre

VictoryDetailsYouDefeatHard

Kaizad Gustad is quite crazy, and he has weird ideas, and 'Boom' is one such idea. It's a crazy film by a crazy guy. It's almost a satire, a black comedy.

Amitabh Bachchan

IdeasCrazyBlackWeirdComedyGuy

Strangely enough, my favorite airport is Logan Airport in Boston - but largely for sentimental reasons. My first real summer job was working as a journeyman for the airport's resident maintenance crew - a small army of union electricians, plumbers, and carpenters.

Amor Towles

JobSmallArmyEnoughSummerBoston

As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There's no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young.

Siri Hustvedt

ImaginationChildBrotherYoungBoy

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask, 'What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?'

Mickey Drexler

PastCareDoneCompanyEverything

There is a definite loneliness in the game. Most people stay away from you since they think they're intruding upon your time. And after the ball game, when it's 11 o'clock and you want to eat dinner some place, the restaurants are closed.

Lou Brock

TimeLonelinessPeopleDinnerGame

Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different.

Deontay Wilder

FightYouBoxingStreetGroundJust

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