Frank McCourt Quotes

When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildhoodLookBackWonderI Wonder

There's a lot going on in the world that's very disturbing: rewriting the Holocaust; pseudo-historians rewriting history itself. And we're dealing with a terrorist mentality that involves whole nations.

Joel Grey

HistoryWorldHolocaustGoingWhole

To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense.

John Irving

FamilyPerfectBreadNiceSmell

When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is huge, sophisticated and very creative but I keep to simple choices.

Jean Reno

SimplePastCreativeI AmChoices

I'm sick of '60s nostalgia. I've been to clubs in New York where it's just like the Fillmore East. And I thought I hated that then.

John Waters

New YorkSickThoughtNostalgiaNew

We love stories about identity and acceptance because they're so universal.

Stephanie Savage

LoveAcceptanceIdentityUniversal

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

Simon Mainwaring

BusinessSocial MediaInfluenceWorld

Lily Tomlin was one of the early comedy greats who influenced my courage to be the person I am.

Tracee Ellis Ross

CourageI AmComedyEarlyPersonAm

There is no one in America more qualified to talk about bailouts than Mitch McConnell.

Matt Bevin

AmericaTalkMoreThanQualified

I had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs.

Michael Keaton

LifeStrongThinkGrowYouKid

But at the same time, I don't let myself regret things to the point that I'm paralyzed.

Moby

TimeMyselfRegretSamePoint

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

NatureGeniusTalentsMaster

The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest of the world to our standard and price, than by lowering the prices here to the standard of the Continent.

Joseph Hume

GreatWorldFreeRestPriceMore

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