“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 see the way I look upon organized religion, I was a victim of that of mythology, and of cruelty, and all the absurd stuff.” WayLooksStuffVictimMythologyAbsurdCrueltyOrganizedLook UpOrganized Religion Author:Malachy McCourt
“It's one day at a time, that's all there is to it, and so I don't have to worry about it. All I do is, okay, I do not have to drink. And if I feel like it, I postpone it for ten minutes, and that way I find something else to do in the meantime.” IfsWayFeelsWorryMinutesDrinkOne DayTenOkayOne Day At A Time Author:Malachy McCourt
“I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. I was always out, always in the saloons, always drinking, always messing about.” WayFirstsFatherDrinkingLeavingDesertedGood FatherSaloons Author:Malachy McCourt
“I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.” PeopleWayMindKindMissingStrangeSquaresTimes SquareSleazy Author:Malachy McCourt
