Malachy McCourt Men Quotations

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.

There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers.

That's my punishment in hell, shoveling horseshit.

Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.

I had great faith that perhaps this man Obama would do something, but he is, we're all in the grip of big money.