Frank McCourt Quotes

I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: August 19, 1930 - July 19, 2009

Topics

MeHellChurchDownNowNothing

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children.

Joe Baca

EducationChildrenTeacherParents

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.

Anja Niedringhaus

LifeMy LifePhotographerSoldiers

I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.

Amanda Harlech

ThinkInterestedStoriesI ThinkBit

On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.

Rob Walton

BusinessPeopleMeBookFindFans

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Joseph Joubert

OpinionsFeelingsWhoConstantEver

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Ansel Adams

ArtNothingImageSharpWorseThan

Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.

Alice Waters

LoveFoodMeEasyYouFall

We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that's why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool's paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we think that we can find anything far off that we could not find at home.

Pico Iyer

ChangeHomeTravelFoolThinkMagic

I listen to my spirit guide.

Sylvia Browne

SpiritListenGuide

We're now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate.

Peter Diamandis

ChocolateNowGlassPlasticPrint

I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable.

Seann William Scott

FunPeopleTeamThoughtPerfect

I've never really had specific goals and stuff like that - I think I sort of learned early on that if you kind of let life roll in at your feet, you will get a lot of great stuff if you are just aware and open to it.

Jane Lynch

LifeGoalsGreatFeetThinkYou

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