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Quotes by Irish Authors
"Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron."
"There is no use indicting words, they are no shoddier than what they peddle."
"And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me."
"The fate of you, the aristocracy of industry, will be as the fate of the aristocracy of land if you do not show that you have some humanity still among you."
"I can understand now why people read, why they like to get lost in somebody else's life. Sometimes I'll read a sentence and it will make me sit up, jolt me, because it is something that I have recently felt but never said out loud. I want to reach in to the page and tell the characters that I understand them, that they're not alone, that I'm not alone, that it's okay to feel like this."
"If invisible people eat invisible food does invisible wind blow invisible trees?"
"The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths."
"I know what dissipate means, Arty. I'm not three, for heaven's sake."
"That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man."
"Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story."
"I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?"
"It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place."
"The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body."
"Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child."
"Never, since the fall of communism, has it been so abundantly clear that an ethos exists, which is loath to accept the freedoms and prosperity we hold sacred in this nation."
"When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you."
"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
"The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find."
"Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe."
"Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left."
"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."
"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."
"It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States."
"Every single time you crossed over for me and met me on my side. I realize now, I don't think I ever met you in the middle. And I don't think I ever once said that you for that."
"The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move."
"She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away."
"She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious."
"Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it."
"Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud."
"A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust."
"Only the shallow know themselves."
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