Maeve Binchy Quotes

My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in four journeys. After supper, we all sat down to read - it was long before TV, remember!

Maeve Binchy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkFatherJourneyDayRemember

I'm not a good tourist, I don't like tourism.

Joe Sacco

GoodTourismTouristLike

Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.

Jerry Hall

LifeMeParentLaughMy LifeCry

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

John F. Kennedy

TodayOpportunitiesStandEdgeNew

Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.

John Cornyn

WorkTruthPeopleBelieveTruth Is

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

John Webster

ManHappyVirtueOwnActionsMost

You are not going to get married through technology. You are not going to buy a house through technology.

Ana Patricia Botin

TechnologyYouHouseBuyGoingGet

Whenever you get a sharp pain, you need to back it off.

Stephanie Rice

PainYouBackNeedSharpGet

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.

Tom Sizemore

LifeWorkGreatTryingCareerGive

Checking your phone during dinner is no less rude than reading 'People' during dinner, which I once saw a woman do at Blue Ribbon Brooklyn as she dined with her husband/boyfriend/whatever.

Rumaan Alam

WomanBluePeopleDinnerReading

If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.

Jayson Williams

PrisonBadWayBad Way

Online theft has changed the business model of filmmaking because the DVD market is very soft. So, more ambitious, compelling, character-driven narrative of a certain budget level isn't really a viable business model in the eyes of the studios right now.

Jon Favreau

BusinessEyesBudgetFilmmakingNow

You might as well acknowledge what came before, because you can never do something wholly new. It's not unoriginal to make your references clear.

Johnny Flynn

YouNewNeverSomethingWellClear

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