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Quotes by Irish Authors
"I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage."
"I generally don't become overexcited about things anyway, I'm just not one of those people.I'm not easily surprised by things either. I think it's because I expect that anything can happen. That makes me sound like a believer and I'm not necessarily that either. I'll phrase it better: I just accept things that happen. All things."
"The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China."
"Well, what do they all amount to, these kings and captains and bishops and lawyers and such like? They just leave you in the ditch to bleed to death; and the next thing is, you meet them down there, for all the airs they give themselves."
"No man shall have the right to fix the boundary to the march of a Nation."
"My own business always bores me to death, I prefer other people's."
"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."
"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious."
"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."
"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"
"Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive."
"I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me."
"Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare."
"Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind."
"What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true."
"It's not easy remembering the good times."
"The only sin is the sin of being born."
"In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter-they plan ahead. They think about not getting caught."
"In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic."
"Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time."
"But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores."
"Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely."
"Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history."
"A veil hangs between the two opposites, a mere slip of a thing that is transparent to warn us or comfort us. You hate now but look through this veil and see the possibility of love; you're sad now but look through to the other side and see happiness. Absolute composure to a complete mess - it happens so quickly, all in the blink of an eye."
"It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget."
"But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that."
"Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother."
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