English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:
Frank McCourt Quotes

Frank McCourt quotes

Irish Author August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son,..."
I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher."
The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long..."
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. Frank McCourt
But I don't know how I'll ever get a college degree and rise in the world with no high school diploma and eyes like piss holes in the snow, as everyone tells me. Frank McCourt
Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old farts sit in the sun. They might be thinking. Same thing with kids. Keep 'em busy or they might start thinking. Frank McCourt
Andy says, I don't understand how they can give loans to people who want to spend two weeks lying on the sand at the goddam Jersey shore and then turn down a woman with three kids hanging on by her fingernails. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale."
Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens,..."
I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book. Frank McCourt
I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets. Frank McCourt
They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book."
I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book. Frank McCourt
With Angela drawn to the hangdog look and Malachy lonely after three months in jail, there was bound to be a knee-trmbler. A knee-trmbler is the act itself done up against a wall, man and woman up on their toes, straining so hard their knees tremble with the excitement that's in it. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind..."
You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. Frank McCourt
In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a collaborator, a tap dancer, a politician, a therapist, a fool, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-uncle-aunt, a bookeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw. Frank McCourt

Popular Author

Related Authors