I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite.

People say the customer is always right, but you know what - they're not. Sometimes they are wrong and they need to be told so.

‎‎‎‎Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity.

Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not.

We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off.

The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.

Air transport is just a glorified bus operation.

The airline business is it is mostly run by a bunch of spineless nincompoops who actually don't want to stand up to the environmentalists and call them the lying wankers that they are.

If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots would grow wine and make buffalo mozzarella.

One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality.

I have more money than I am ever going to need. Financially, I'm fine for the next couple of hundred years.

His leaving had been like snipping off the end of a rope - leaving two unraveling strands.

I have never learned to hate. Don't let my first lesson come from you.

It is always better to look at a matter positively before ruling negatively on it.

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake

I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

He's (Rafael Palmeiro) always the left-handed swing you want to copy. He's got a real smooth swing and he's never off balance. He's always on top of the ball. I just like watching him hit.

I did a lot of student acting when I was young.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

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