Angela Ashes Quotes

#1. The only way to get what we truly need is to surrender our needs to God. - Author: Gregory L. Jantz

#2. Fiorito has all the right stuff. His splendid memoir about his relationship with his dying father belongs on that small shelf with Philip Roth's Patrimony and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. - Author: Mordecai Richler

#3. What frustrates me about some high-concept shows is that they don't give you information until sweeps, but 'Jericho's' audience will get a large piece of the puzzle every week. - Author: Sprague Grayden

#4. God's road for us may not be one that appears successful from our human vantage point, yet serves as part of his divine plan to fulfill his purposes in our lives. - Author: Dillon Burroughs

#5. I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. Psalm 119:30 - Author: Beth Moore

#6. 'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,' this means that there must be some third party with power - the government - to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with 'fairness'. - Author: Thomas Sowell

#7. The primary wisdom is intuition. In that deep force, the last fact behind which analysis cannot go, all things find their origin. - Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8. You tried to slide his original curse back onto him?" Al said in wonder. "At the restaurant? And I stopped you? Sweet mother pus bucket!" he exclaimed, and I swear, dust sifted from the ceiling. "Rachel, we have to work on this communication thing. - Author: Kim Harrison

#9. You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride. - Author: Joni Mitchell

#10. Reality imposes its law on man, laws that he can only escape in dreams or in states of trance - or in insanity. - Author: Erich Fromm

#11. I love memoirs and biographies, learning about other people's lives. Two of the ones that I loved so much were actually edited by the same person who edited my book, too. I loved 'Angela's Ashes.' I loved 'Glass Castle' so much. - Author: Isabel Gillies

#12. My very first acting job was with Alan Parker on' Angela's Ashes,' but as a child, I had written to so many other productions just applying for any role. I always wanted to be an actress, and I did loads of acting summer schools. - Author: Kerry Condon

#13. We should all love animals. - Author: Karl Pilkington

#14. Hey...I missed you? - Author: Lorelei James

#15. It was a long time ago: 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt. It was a great story that was lasting, and I loved it so much. I also love Nora Ephron. I gobble up everything she writes. Also, I love Anthony Bourdain, very irreverent and funny. - Author: Isabel Gillies

#16. Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain. - Author: Frank McCourt

#17. I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All of life passed through the Limerick courthouse. Misery, malevolence, the dark side of humanity ... I tell ya, it made 'Angela's Ashes' look like 'The Wonderful World of Disney.' - Author: Kevin Barry