Frank McCourt Quotes

I wanted to avoid all that literary stuff. I didn't want the self pity of 'The Portrait,' all the moaning and the whingeing. I'm not knocking Joyce: we all owe him a debt. He's the one who made so much possible.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SelfPortraitWantDebtPossible

I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.

Jimmy Page

ListenLed ZeppelinLedMuchReally

I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.

Joey King

LifeCrazyGoWillNormalWorking

If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book again, but as if you've never read it. And when you get something unfamiliar, you feel betrayed.

Michael Cunningham

BookLovedFeelYouWantMatter

I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice.

Roger Daltrey

VoiceKnowSoundOwnLikeSingers

Enough is as good as a feast.

Joshua Sylvester

GoodEnoughFeast

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

Dick Gregory

DarkWhiteNeverNeighborhoodSanta

International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.

Drew Carey

LoveSportsMenTeamSoccerI Can

Gay comes in all shapes, sizes, strengths, and personalities. Just like straight does. It shouldn't be news that- guess what - some gay people don't fit your stereotype.

Donna Brazile

PeopleGayNewsStrengthsShapes

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

Bob Woodward

GovernmentAccountabilityDoneMore

I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.

Rick Nielsen

PageNeverWantedJimmyRichards

You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.

Richard Russo

FaithTrustYouFindKnowKind

I think that that is a wonderful format - you know, having individual stories over a period of weeks that are thematically connected in terms of genre - there's not enough of that out there.

Richard Thomas

ThinkEnoughYouKnowConnectedOut

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