Frank McCourt Quotes

At 66, you're supposed to die or get hemorrhoids.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DieYouGetSupposed

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

Andrew Solomon

FoodWeatherMeanLiteracyCome

To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.

Jean Rostand

MenManThinkBadSayImage

Jill Eisenstadt is a writer of many admirable gifts. Foremost among them are a sharp eye for people, a playful love of language, and, it's probably safe to assume, nearly boundless energy.

Stephen McCauley

LovePeopleEyeEnergyLanguage

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

Stedman Graham

LifeSportsJustPartItself

I will make the greatest efforts to seek a way for Taiwan and mainland China to interact that is mutually acceptable to both sides. I will not be provocative; there will not be any surprises.

Tsai Ing-wen

WillWaySidesSurprisesSeekChina

To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant.

Luke Evans

WorkPeopleBrilliantSomethingFilm

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

Jared Polis

AmericanAmericaBrothersSisters

The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma.

Jose Angel Gurria

FallWillBecomeMoreOpenUp

I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's not what I do.

Chris Stapleton

PeopleMeWriteAskHustlerSongs

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

William Penn

CandleMindWorldReadingOppression

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

Phylicia Rashad

LoveMyselfLookUnderstandHuman

I put my foot in my mouth more than I speak properly.

Scott Adsit

SpeakMouthMoreFootThanPut

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