I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

Free love is too expensive.

One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do!

Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.

For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa Lobos?

If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck.

The breadth and depth of what dogs do for our happiness and longevity is pretty remarkable.

Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.

I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.

Merit clears away obstacles.

Full color experience is peculiarly satisfying even though it is exhausting and leaves you feeling two-thirds color blind when you're not making the effort.