Best Frank McCourt Quotes
- I know that big people don't like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How's school? Are you a good boy?… All
- 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… Anyone
- Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. Get Enough
- They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever. Afford
- He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t… Bits
- Keep scribbling! Something will happen. Funny
- A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's… Angela
- You never know when you might come home and find Mam sitting by the fire chatting with a woman and a child, strangers. Always a… Always Means
- You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. Broken
- Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You'll be amazed at what will come… Amazed
- You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging. Bragging
- I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book. Book
- Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow. Glow
- First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make… All
- My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. Actually Went
- 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… All
- The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher. Experience
- I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book. Book
- We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. Any
- Education is an art. Art
- Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she… Alfie
- And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you… Always Condemned
- He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for… All
- I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but… Admire
- I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. Domestic