“When an English man speaks well, for example now, and this is another way of putting us down, they say he's "eloquent" you see. "Oh, eloquent chap they are!" An Irish person speak well, they say, "Ah, you have the gift of the gab." "Ah, you kissed the blarney stone." You see, all of this putting us down.” MenWayWellsPersonsSpeakExampleStonesAnother WayEloquentChapsBlarney Author:Malachy McCourt
“I tell my children, shut up and let me speak. What I've learned, I have been married for 45 years and in my own family It is that I've learned to stop being judgmental, to listen.” YearsChildrenHas BeensSpeakMy OwnMarriedLet MeMy ChildrenI've LearnedShut UpJudgmentalBeing Judgmental Author:Malachy McCourt
“Democracy to me is letting the other person speak and being dissenting without being disagreeable.” PersonsSpeakDemocracyDisagreeable Author:Malachy McCourt