Mary McGrory Quotes

He has never been more than two steps ahead of the law.

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.

All the times being like, 'Who rented this car and why are we going to this place?' You take the easy route and go, 'Oh, thanks for the champagne. I'll have another.'

I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

Meese was a sleaze.

A slug can leave but there's always a slimy trail behind him.

Now Mr. Meese can put his own feet in his mouth.

What planet are you on?

I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.

To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.

We are going to a new world... and no doubt it is there that everything is for the best; for it must be admitted that one might lament a little over the physical and moral happenings of our own world.

Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

we walk the plank with strangers.

Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.

Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.

Negativity is basically laziness.

Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places, Lest we go down in comfort, and despair.

A house of which one knew every room wasn't worth living in.

My life is a glorious adventure.