There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years... Anytime I hear that door opening I still think I'm gonna hear her.

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all.

If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely.

You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

Men fear most what they cannot see.

It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

The general rule is that people who enjoy life also enjoy marriage.

Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would every inebriate would if he could.

Personally, I'm not very keen on the visualization of absolutely everything.

If you want to sell a steak, you can't just have the sizzle, you gotta have sauce.

One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use.

Everyone is now a potential terrorist.

I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.

Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.

The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.