Malachy McCourt Quotes

Here am I, a human being and that has a body that is getting old. And I only have one, I can't trade it in.

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• Never having alone time is real tough on people.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • School
  • Girl
  • Progress

• The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.

  

  Gavid Hood
  • Money
  • You
  • Find

• Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Turquoise

• Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • World
  • Friends
  • War

• Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Writing
  • Words
  • Acting

• Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • People
  • Matter
  • Rich

• Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Power
  • Genius
  • Innocence

• If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Think
  • Dinner
  • Thanksgiving

• One shouldn't know the future.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Future
  • Know

• I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • Up
  • Time
  • School

• My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

  

  Taylor Dayne
  • inspirational
  • Rather

• That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Good
  • Movie
  • Action

• The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Different
  • Women
  • Country

• I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Children
  • Love
  • Never

• For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • She
  • America
  • Fun

• This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

  

  Olga Korbut
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I've been doing pranks my whole life, so I guess I'm pretty good at it.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Life
  • Good
  • Pretty

• When you're listening to a recording, you're supposedly listening to some aspect of the past in the present as you travel slowly into the future, but you also know there's a very strong likelihood that the future of that recording, whether you made it or whether you're listening to a Led Zeppelin record, is going to continue probably far beyond where you are.

  

  Will Oldham
  • Strong
  • Listening
  • Records

• The TiVo is really an amazing machine. Like everyone who has one, I totally recommend it. Just as everyone who's married will tell you to get married, and everyone who has a baby tells you to have a baby, everyone who owns a TiVo will tell you to get a TiVo, and they'll say things like 'Your life will be completely different.' It's true.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Life
  • Different
  • True

• We can do nothing without the body, let us always take care that it is in the best condition to sustain us.

  

  Socrates
  • Best
  • Body
  • Condition

• Here am I, a human being and that has a body that is getting old. And I only have one, I can't trade it in.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • Body
  • Trade
  • Human being