58 Quotes by John Mahoney

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 rest of my life writing about cataracts and hemorrhoids... and... . just not what I wanted to do, and I was just intensely depressed all the time.

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.

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 said, "what for" and they said "FOR IMPERSONATING AN ACTOR".

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.

Our counsel is certainly coordinating with our members.

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.

Those changes were designed for larger townships just like West Chester. They just haven't used it.

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.

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.