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Quotes by Irish Authors
"A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination."
"Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow."
"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy."
"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
"A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives."
"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me."
"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."
"No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful."
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession."
"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again."
"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."
"It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay."
"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
"Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants."
"What Ireland needs now above all else is peace."
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written."
"I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history."
"I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in."
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."
"It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog."
"That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing."
"A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them."
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