"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely."
-Frank McCourt
ChristmasView Quote
"We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.“
-Frank McCourt
posted in Christmas
Other Quotes by Frank McCourt
Discover more inspiring quotes by Frank McCourt
"The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher."
-Frank McCourt
TeacherView Quote
"Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow."
-Frank McCourt
HappinessView Quote
"The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice."
-Frank McCourt
ExperienceView Quote
"I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food."
-Frank McCourt
FoodView Quote
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
BestView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."
-Mary Ellen Chase
ChristmasView Quote
"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."
-Jay Leno
ChristmasView Quote
"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."
-Shirley Temple
ChristmasView Quote
"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."
-George Carlin
ChristmasView Quote
"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value."
-Charles Dudley Warner
ChristmasView Quote
"I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies."
-Mo Rocca
ChristmasView Quote