#us

My father was very outwardly religious. ↗

— John McGahern

#outwardly #religious #very

We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places. ↗

— John McGahern

#actually #australia #believed #canada #closer

When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it for granted as if we're going to live forever, which we're not. ↗

— John McGahern

#around #becomes #danger #forever #going

I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my past and I've got enough behind me that I can write forever. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#because #behind #care #dream #enough

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#blues #find #folk #folk music #just

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#follow #had #hitch-hiking #i #long

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#amazingly #familiar #get #greatest #know

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#discredit #enemy #friend #just #polite

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#better #fair #idle #intellect #powerful

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#comedy #inescapable #laugh #often #realization