The GAA is the sporting wing of the IRA.

Taigs don't pay rates.

Global warming my gluteus maximus

I have no regret that someone openly identified with terrorist organisations and activities meets his death the same way.

Irish is a leprechaun language.

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself.

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

Have we forgotten that there is a Holy Ghost, that we must insist upon walking on crutches when we might fly?

If you look at photos of the Gettysburg Address there's a guy off to the right who I think is Keith Richards.

Love is the most melodious of all harmonies.

Life, not death, is the great mystery you must confront.

Ask yourself this: If there was zero chance of failure, what would you do? Now, go do that.

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.

Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.

Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route.