--- title: "3 Ian McGuire Quotes - Famous University teacher" description: "author and academic... | Ian McGuire is an English author and academic. In 1996 he joined the University of Manchester as a lecturer in American Literat..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-ian-mcguire-86305.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ian McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-ian-mcguire-86305.jpg) # Ian McGuire (1963) University Teacher **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ian McGuire is an university teacher. ## Quick Facts About Ian McGuire Born November 30, 1963 Profession University Teacher ## About Ian McGuire author and academic... \| Ian McGuire is an English author and academic. In 1996 he joined the University of Manchester as a lecturer in American Literature and later lectured in Creative Writing. He was co-director of the Centre for New Writing and is currently a Senior Lecturer. ## Quotes by Ian McGuire > [“I’ve brought the sufferings on myself, I’d say. I’ve made mistakes aplenty.” “Show me a man who hasn’t, and I will show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcguire/i-ve-brought-the-sufferings-on-myself-i-d-say-i-ve-made-mistakes/) [Ian McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcguire/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/ian-mcguire-86305_failure_i-ve-brought-the-sufferings-on-myself-i_137907.jpg) > [“When Sumner tells him he needs a berth and will pay whatever is required for the privilege, the Swede looks him over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcguire/when-sumner-tells-him-he-needs-a-berth-and-will-pay-whatever-is/) [Ian McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcguire/) [Sumner Tells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sumner-tells-4716021/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/ian-mcguire-86305_quote_when-sumner-tells-him-he-needs-a-berth-a_1370168.jpg) > [“It is not a sin, he tells himself, there is no sin left now, there is only the blood and the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcguire/it-is-not-a-sin-he-tells-himself-there-is-no-sin-left-now-there-is/) [Ian McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcguire/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/ian-mcguire-86305_death_it-is-not-a-sin-he-tells-himself-there-i_1758197.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcguire/#itemlist", "name": "Ian McGuire Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’ve brought the sufferings on myself, I’d say. 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