--- title: "1 After hours Quotes By Mary Rose O'Reilley" description: "1 After hours quotes by Mary Rose O'Reilley. Plus more from Mary Rose O'Reilley and more After hours sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/mary-rose-o-reilley-27230_accountants_cultural-wisdom-says-don-t-quit-your-day_500865.jpg" --- > [“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be whole, as many religious tranditions teach, is to make manifest a unique face of God in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/cultural-wisdom-says-don-t-quit-your-day-job-yet-i-think-these/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/mary-rose-o-reilley-27230_accountants_cultural-wisdom-says-don-t-quit-your-day_500865.jpg) ## More by Mary Rose O'Reilley > [“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/my-music-teacher-offered-twittering-madrigals-and-something-about-how/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be whole, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/cultural-wisdom-says-don-t-quit-your-day-job-yet-i-think-these/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent the comforting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/when-i-speak-in-christian-terms-or-buddhist-terms-i-m-simply/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“I cleaned the shit off my pink high-tops and drove home, stopping for an espresso at the coffeehouse across from the college. Men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/i-cleaned-the-shit-off-my-pink-high-tops-and-drove-home-stopping-for/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands a spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/finding-voice-is-a-socially-responsible-political-act-we-don-t-just/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/teaching-english-is-an-intrinsically-radical-act-is-it-possible-to/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/i-would-not-say-i-am-looking-for-god-or-i-am-not-looking-for-god/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk among bare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/on-the-first-day-of-november-last-year-sacred-to-many-religious/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [What do you do for ecstasy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/what-do-you-do-for-ecstasy/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“What to wear on a Minnesota farm? The older farmers I know wear brown polyester jumpsuits, like factory workers. The younger ones wear jeans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/what-to-wear-on-a-minnesota-farm-the-older-farmers-i-know-wear-brown/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [If you have a big splash of ecstasy in your life every day you are going to teach students something finer than "buy low/sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/if-you-have-a-big-splash-of-ecstasy-in-your-life-every-day-you-are/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“I would not have majored in English and gone on to teach literature had I not been able to construct a counterargument about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/i-would-not-have-majored-in-english-and-gone-on-to-teach-literature/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“Whatever you eye falls on - for it will fall on what you love - will lead you to the questions of your life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/whatever-you-eye-falls-on-for-it-will-fall-on-what-you-love-will-lead/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [What if we were to take seriously the possibility that our students have a rich and authoritative inner life and tried to nourish it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/what-if-we-were-to-take-seriously-the-possibility-that-our-students/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) > [“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He lasted about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-o-reilley/one-night-i-begged-robin-a-scientist-by-training-to-watch-arthur/) [Mary Rose O'Reilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-o-reilley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-hours/mary-rose-o-reilley/#itemlist", "name": "1 After hours Quotes By Mary Rose O'Reilley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be whole, as many religious tranditions teach, is to make manifest a unique face of God in the world. 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