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Quotes by Irish Authors
"Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on."
"They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon."
"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves."
"This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful."
"With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure."
"The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity."
"Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful."
"My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally."
"Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!"
"Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation."
"Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God."
"I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich."
"War never leaves where it found a nation."
"'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion."
"Whilst people have answered questions, I have only heard my own voice thinking of the next question."
"No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience."
"Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit."
"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."
"Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery."
"One could never pay too high a price for any sensation."
"A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises from words."
"Beauty is all very well at first sight but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?"
"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact."
"A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady."
"There he is then, the unfortunate brute, quite miserable because of me, for whom there is nothing to be done, and he so anxious to help, so used to giving orders and to being obeyed. There he is, ever since I came into the world, possibly at his instigation, I wouldn't put it past him, commanding me to be well, you know, in every way, no complaints at all, with as much success as if he were shouting at a lump of inanimate matter."
"If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first."
"I think everybody had difficulties with that dynamic, turning the family into a band and being constantly together. So everybody, as individuals. had things to sort out."
"At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island."
"For years and years I have done the work I was born for."
"It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't."
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