The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.

I want to make all Europe and America know it - I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require - the restoration of our domestic parliament.

Every religion is good—every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it.

The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood

How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors.

Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.

No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.

The Englishman has all the qualities of a poker except its occasional warmth.

Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.

If only a man can work on that thought within 48 hours the reality will manifest

If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.

Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.

He was admired for never being at a loss for words and never wasting any either.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.

I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading.

David Nugent tore up the Championship but he’s gone to Portsmouth and he’s a fish up a tree

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.