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Quotes by Irish Authors
"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught."
"As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud."
"We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see."
"If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all."
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
"To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else."
"It is easy-terribly easy-to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to to break a man's spirit is Devil's work."
"The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork."
"Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack."
"Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn't you would already possess it, would you not?"
"Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely."
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
"There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will."
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance."
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
"A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam."
"It was nothing, just the normal thing to do at the time."
"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
"Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in."
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet."
"Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick."
"Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world."
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