Kevin Barry Quotes

At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn't work out very well, as you can imagine.

Kevin Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1969

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You never write a catchphrase; you never write something and say, 'This is going to be a catchphrase.' You just write the show, and then in the course of the show, somebody says something, and for some reason it gets a laugh.

Jeremy Lloyd

LaughYouSayNeverWriteReason

Social Security is not broke, and Social Security does not need to be privatized.

John Delaney

SecurityNeedSocial SecuritySocial

All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to read them if they read them.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

HopeFindMeanReasonNo Reason

There's no reason that America should be No. 1 in obesity; we have the greatest country in the world.

John Salley

WorldAmericaCountryObesityReason

I remember, in school during English lessons, I would ask the teacher what were the most difficult books to read, and when she'd say 'Ulysses' or something, I'd run off to the library to check out a copy, eager to attempt the most difficult mountain.

Stephen Hough

TeacherMountainSchoolLibraryRun

I am an actor. I try to do different things.

Tony Shalhoub

I AmActorTryThingsDifferentAm

Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.

Robert Browning

LateRomeRoundSoonEvery

Sometimes footballers, we get soft a little bit.

Romelu Lukaku

SometimesLittleSoftGetLittle Bit

I long for a life that explodes with meaning and is filled with adventure, wonder, risk, and danger. I long for a faith that is gloriously treacherous. I want to be with Jesus, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

Mike Yaconelli

LifeFaithAdventureLaughMeaning

In Boston they have gone from large autonomous high schools to smaller schools within the same building.

Michael Welch

BuildingBostonWithinHighGone

As entertainment and storytelling move in the direction of more immersive environments, binaural sound will begin to play a larger and larger role in those experiences.

Chris Milk

DirectionPlayWillStorytelling

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Audrey Hepburn

PeopleMoreNeverOutThingsThrow

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