Thomas McGuane Quotes

I've outlived my parents, and I've had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarkably uncheated.

Thomas McGuane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1939

Topics

LifeParentsFeelWonderfulChances

I am obsessed with Chinese restaurants. Like many Americans, I first discovered them in my childhood.

Jennifer Lee

ChildhoodI AmFirstLikeChinese

When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man.

John McEnroe

WalkManMeBecomeOverOut

Most of the 9/11 hijackers weren't married, none of them had families inside the United States, and there's no evidence that any family members moved before, during, or after 9/11.

Michael Hayden

FamilyInsideEvidenceUnitedMost

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon.

Stephen Jay Gould

WritingProfessionalGrowingWorse

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

Trisha Yearwood

MomSickCareYouNobodyYour

In high school, I definitely fancied myself an intense guy, which is so lame.

Rob Delaney

MyselfSchoolHigh SchoolHighGuy

Machismo requires Latin blood. I'd say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall Street gunner has the soul of a coffee filter in comparison.

Rosecrans Baldwin

CoffeeSoulWallBloodSayStreet

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

Louis C. K.

ResponsibilityFeelOutLikeKids

I'd really like to do 'Floyd Collins.' I love Adam Guettel.

Joshua Henry

LoveLikeFloydReallyI LoveAdam

Sometimes it's great when, you know, you're sitting down to watch a straightforward story, and you know how it's going to go, and you know how it's going to end. That's a fairy tale.

Clare-Hope Ashitey

GreatStoryEndFairy TaleYouDown

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

Clint Eastwood

GoodI AmThinkSchoolingI Think

We got involved with the RepRap Project, a community focused on making 3-D printers that could make copies of themselves and help create a world without money. We started making prototypes.

Bre Pettis

CommunityMoneyWorldHelpCreate

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