James McCartney Quotes

Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.

James McCartney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 12, 1977

Topics

GoodMusicPeopleMeNameChoice

I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have a ton of N.Y.C. in my DNA, from both sides of my family. I had a wonderful childhood in the city.

Andrew Zimmern

FamilyChildhoodWarNew YorkCity

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.

Max Beerbohm

CharacterMenPeopleDeepThinking

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Michael Badnarik

I AmControlCompromiseGunThink

We haven't had an agenda for American cities probably since at least Jimmy Carter. We have left cities to fend for themselves.

Martin O'Malley

AmericanLeftAgendaSinceLeast

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

Lucille Ball

LifeLearningFaithYourselfBusy

American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

Joseph Brodsky

PoetryMeAmericanHumanRelentless

When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X is second nature.

Brad Feld

NatureWordsBookThinkPageGet

History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.

Pete Sessions

HistoryLossTaxRecipeUnemployment

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Thomas Otway

MenEasyHonestSoftWhichRepose

One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation.

Tim Berners-Lee

FutureInnovationMeInternetI Can

I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music.

Norah Jones

MusicDaughterMeThinkFairWell

Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.

Nicola Sturgeon

LoveDayThinkIndependentOne Day

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