Mcclintock Quotes & Sayings

It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. — Barbara McClintock

Finding her first smile since she read the telegram, Isabelle let out a soft sigh. "I sometimes wonder if you're even real, Mr. Gallagher."
He smiled in reply. "Oh, I'm real Isabelle. I promise you that."
-Gabriel and Isabelle in GALLAGHER'S HOPE — MK McClintock

I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life. — Barbara McClintock

I just want to be able to have fun, make a living, feed my family and create something that I'm proud of, and I'm all those things. It's great. — Eddie McClintock

The Colt rested in her lap. "You better wake up in the morning, Mr. Latimer because I don't want to have to explain a dead man in my cabin to the sheriff."
- Emma in "Emma of Crooked Creek — MK McClintock

Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors. — Eddie McClintock

Experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity. — Tom McClintock

Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to improve. — Eddie McClintock

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom. — Tom McClintock

Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock

A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time. — Tom McClintock

Pull yourself together," I told myself sternly. "You have to stay positive. You'll never make it if you give up. — Norah McClintock

Ethan, but I'm certainly not the type of woman to just go home with two men whether I know them or not. It would be highly inappropriate, not to mention stupid."
"And you're not stupid."
"Not as far as I can tell" ... — MK McClintock

If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist. — Tom McClintock

Put me down."
Of course, the man couldn't hear her. She barely heard the scratchy whisper.
"I said - "
"I heard you, Mrs. McBride, but I'm not putting you down. — MK McClintock

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off ... no matter what they say. — Barbara McClintock

From the outset, people's experiences of desire and rage, memory and power, community and revolt are inflected and mediated by the institutions through which they find their meaning - and which they, in turn, transform. — Anne McClintock

I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs. — Eddie McClintock

When I decided to be an actor, years ago, I just said, 'Look, I'm not going to do this unless I can be the best,' but I don't know what 'the best' is. — Eddie McClintock

I grew up wrestling and playing football where, at the end of the game, you have a score and you're either the winner of loser. There's no score in acting, but you qualify your level of success by the people that you work with and the amount of exposure that you have. — Eddie McClintock

If it ain.t broke, don't fix it! — Neale McClintock

You know, I Google search my own name because I'm so self-obsessed! — Eddie McClintock

I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them. — Barbara McClintock

Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It's pretty simple. — Tom McClintock

I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order. — Tom McClintock