Colum McCann Quotes

Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters, and I have no idea how they are going to play together, and I have certainly no idea how I am going to put manners on them.

Colum McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 28, 1965

Topics

MyselfTogetherI AmThinkMusicians

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

Joe Biden

GoodFocusGiftBadGreatest Gift

I make movies based on gut.

Jerry Bruckheimer

MoviesGutMakeBased

I love being on the road, but to make a living as a road comic, you have to be on it most weeks out of the year. That's just too much for me. But I would love to be such a successful road comic that I don't have to go on it every week.

Jen Kirkman

LoveMeRoadWeekYearYou

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.

John Foster Dulles

AggressionOrderMustCapacityOur

When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is huge, sophisticated and very creative but I keep to simple choices.

Jean Reno

SimplePastCreativeI AmChoices

You can't write if you don't read.

Steve Earle

YouWriteRead

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

Sonny Terry

GoodYouAwayGotGetLot

'One More Summer' is one of those songs that I think will go over really well.

Tom Dumont

ThinkSummerGoWillMoreOver

I have a fondness for technology. It's great to spend hours puttering around with mechanical things gotten from junkyards and visualizing what their use might be. Especially if you come across a gadget or tool and you don't know what it is and you try to figure it out. I'm fascinated by processes, whatever they might be.

Roger Zelazny

TechnologyGreatYouKnowTryOut

I don't know if I will take the UFC title, but I will die trying.

Mirko Cro Cop

DieTryingKnowWillTakeUFC

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

Johnny Mercer

TimeHappyWorldNeverEverything

I went camping for 33 days, and now everybody seems to care.

Colleen Haskell

CareNowCampingDaysSeems

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