There were a few people who got jobs in Limerick, a big barrel on wheels, and it was a barrel that went back and forth, and a shovel and a broom. So, they went around shoveling the horseshit into this barrel. So, you got that job when you were around 15, and then you got to retire at the age of 65, with a pension. A small pension. So that would be 50 years of shoveling horseshit. And I was advised very seriously that I should get that job.
Malachy McCourtI've avoided work all my life, you see. So, I'm like a bee. I go from flower to flower.
Malachy McCourtIt's one day at a time, that's all there is to it, and so I don't have to worry about it. All I do is, okay, I do not have to drink. And if I feel like it, I postpone it for ten minutes, and that way I find something else to do in the meantime.
Malachy McCourtI had great faith that perhaps this man Obama would do something, but he is, we're all in the grip of big money.
Malachy McCourtWe are spectators to violence, and therefore are, how well we don't know and make sure we don't know the difference of real violence to that of simulation.
Malachy McCourt