Alice McDermott Quotes

Loss is inevitable - you have to be blind or naive to think otherwise.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1953

Topics

ThinkBlindLossYouInevitable

I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

John Hawkes

ThinkI ThinkOurselvesMysteries

It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

Jena Malone

LifePerspectiveDecisionsEasyYou

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.

Andie MacDowell

ChildrenRestAccomplishmentEnough

I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.

Sophie Lowe

ParentsMeThinkAlwaysNormalKeep

Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'

Matt Bomer

MenThinkGeniusMadMeanShe

This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood.

Michael Medved

ChallengeSpiritualHollywoodSame

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

GreenDownHeightsNeverUpStay

Very dangerous things, theories.

Dorothy L. Sayers

DangerousThingsVeryTheories

Drawing was a constant in how I expressed myself.

Chris Renaud

MyselfDrawingConstantHow

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

Chris Rock

MarriageGreatHumorLongWaySense

Obama not only falsely represented the Republican position - as usual - he shamelessly pretended that he was The One 'fighting so hard to cut middle-class taxes.' Baloney!

Bob Beauprez

FightingHardRepublicanTaxesCut

My plan B has always been to make a film about people who talk a lot.

Richard Linklater

PeoplePlanTalkAlwaysFilmBeen

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