I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong.

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!

So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.

I think age is terribly overrated. You're okay as long as you don't grow up. By all means grow old, but don't mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.

Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.

Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10, 000 a year as well as the lady.

Never let anyone define who you are or decide who you should become.

The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.

I pulled back on the divorce because there is no rush for it. For medical decisions and a ton of other things, it's just smarter that it's put on hold.

Behold this day. It is yours to make.

You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

Anybody who doesn't have a scandal I have no interest in meeting because they haven't lived their lives.

We shall never have a science of economics unless we learn to discern the operation of law even among the most perplexing complications and apparent interruptions.