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Quotes by Irish Authors
"Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall."
"When the world has once begun to use us ill, it afterwards continues the same treatment with less scruple or ceremony, as men do to a whore."
"We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished."
"The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free."
"You think, because you have a purpose, Nature must have one. You might as well expect it to have fingers and toes because you do."
"The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier."
"The sarcasm made a slight whistling noise as it flew over Loafers' head."
"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."
"I don't know why, but there's always the part of you, the part that hides in the shadows protecting the self-destruct button, that doesn't ever want to leave the dark behind."
"The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law."
"Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."
"From today onward, you will learn how to become evangelical about the many ways you help people."
"It will be difficult to let go but it is going to happen sooner rather than later in my case."
"For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die."
"Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds."
"I definitely want to be involved but only while I think I can make a contribution and I make a difference."
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
"In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer."
"It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs."
"A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart."
"When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part."
"The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates."
"Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education."
"Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious."
"If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love."
"It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity, But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable."
"The mystery of esthetic like that of material creation is accomplished. The artist, like the god of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails."
"The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions."
"Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"
"The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace."
"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."
"The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things."
"There is a great deal of work that can be done between the SDLP representing the Nationalist population and the Unionist Parties, and I believe we should set down to do that."
"I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!"
"Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health."
"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
"One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art."
"My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts."
"Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion."
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