All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

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.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

Yoga is a journey toward your inner core to find your inner bliss.

We are all going to die one day. Everything else, my friend, I am not sure.

Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie.

The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

It is a commonplace that Racine is untranslatable. This is not because his verse is difficult, but because it is not.

I make sure to sleep eight hours, and I'm much better about eating, because I'm not standing in front of my pantry. I go to the market and pick up little carrot nubs.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.