Maeve Binchy Quotes

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

Maeve Binchy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 28, 1939 - June 30, 2012

Topics

ParentsReadingThinkThoughtSaw

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

Jimi Hendrix

MusicTruthMeStageHighBeing

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

Jessica Biel

LoveBusinessRejectionYouTake

Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.

Andrea Bocelli

GoodMusicBeautifulYourselfBetter

The role I really want to sing is Elisabetta from 'Don Carlo.'

Anna Netrebko

WantRoleSingReally

Doing 'The Electric Company' was the most fun ever.

Rita Moreno

FunDoingCompanyMostElectric

I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along.

Roz Chast

ChangeMeLearnYouArtistNice

As long as you can throw people a curveball, that's what you're looking for. Because the minute they can define you, the minute they think they know exactly who you are, is when it starts to wear thin.

Mike Colter

PeopleLookingThinkLongYouKnow

As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers.

Don Yaeger

WinterSportsMenTeamWinWorld

I would consider running for office. But not for mayor.

Chirlane McCray

OfficeMayorWouldRunningConsider

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

Brian May

GoodThoughtPrettySawBeforeThen

I love 'Anne of Green Gables.' I have for years. That's one of my favourite things. She's such a can-do kind of girl; that's why I'm crazy about her.

Aretha Franklin

LoveGirlCrazyGreenKindWhy

When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

Anne M. Mulcahy

JobPeopleDirectionKeyBetterYou

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