Frank McCourt Quotes

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyGoodAdversityResponsibility

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

John N. Mitchell

TreeYouBackCherriesYourPick

I am very pleased to be working with director Woo.

Song Hye-kyo

I AmDirectorWorkingVeryWooAm

I don't think there was a thunderclap or a divine spark that suddenly made one species smart. You can see, in our ancestors, there was a gradual expansion of the brain; there was an expansion of the complexity of tools.

Steven Pinker

SmartBrainThinkSparkToolsYou

I love cinema.

Tommy Lee Jones

LoveCinemaI Love

The best part of shooting 'House of Cards' in Baltimore is eating lots of soft-shell crab.

Robin Wright

BestEatingHouseCardsShooting

Songs bring us into connection with each other. When they resonate, when we're in resonance, singing together, we become one for that 3 1/2 or four minutes the song lasts. It takes away that isolated loneliness that modern life is so full of.

Mary Gauthier

LifeLonelinessTogetherSingingUs

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.

Minoru Yamasaki

WorldBuildingsOutSeenSenseEars

My company was based in Palm Beach, Florida, but when 'Bar Rescue' took off, I knew I had to move west. It was a choice between L.A. and Vegas. I have a lot of friends in Vegas, and it became my choice. I'm so glad because I love it here. There's a real sense of community. It's a big town that feels like a small town. Everybody knows everybody.

Jon Taffer

LoveCommunityBeachSmallFriends

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

Chris Pine

FearRelationshipJobYouNew Job

Try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, 'Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,' and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you.

Claude Monet

TreeBlueYellowColorPinkThink

In my team, I don't want selfish players. I prefer to lose a game than have selfish players. I don't want that in my club. Never.

Antonio Conte

TeamGameSelfishLoseWantNever

We have seen the big loan servicers drag their feet in the Obama administration's well-intentioned mortgage modification program.

Sheldon Whitehouse

FeetLoanMortgageBigSeenDrag

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