John Mahoney Quotes (19 Quotes)

And then I went to visit my sister in the states and all of a sudden it was just like, it's like... it's like the movie Wizard of Oz when all of a sudden it changes from Black and White to glorious Technicolor.

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch.

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

So I was the associate editor of a medical journal in Chicago, and I was thirty seven, and all of a sudden I just sort of started going through this dark night of the soul... where I just... . Is this going to be it for me, am I going to be spending the r

Today, prospective students see a strong African-American student presence on our campus. I think our students are extremely instrumental in attracting prospective African-American students to consider Boston College.

I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.

It doesn't matter whether you come from Bradford or whether you come from Liverpool or whether you come from London or... . It doesn't matter. All they have to hear is that British accent and they immediately think that you're brilliant beyond belief... . and talented beyond compare.

Our current state senator is not viewed as an energetic leader in state government. Our current state senator is not viewed as a legislator with the vision or the vitality to formulate or lead significant legislation through the General Assembly Maryland's District 19 needs a strong and energetic senator who is connected to the district's current residents and their concerns.

People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol.

I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier.

He had me arrested one morning at two o'clock in the morning. I was asleep. Banging on my door, and I opened the door and these big, burly Chicago coppers were there, and they said, JOHN MAHONEY, and I said, yes, that's me... . YOU'RE UNDER ARREST and I s

For the past 20 years or so they have led a bus trip to Boston College for talented African-American students from the D.C. area who are considering Boston College.

When I got out of the army I went to college, and I got a Bachelor's degree in English, and then I went to University, and I got a master's degree in English. Because I thought I wanted to teach English. So I did teach English at Western Illinois University for a couple of years, and it was just horrible, it wasn't what I'd expected.

But it was just like life was waiting for me to make that decision, and when I finally made it, it just took me places I never even believed existed.

This is a matter of local self-government.

Our primary concern is this is the most blatant example of the Legislature trying to violate home rule that we have seen in a very long time.

It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.

The subdivision and land development plan should have been done before they got a building permit.