A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.

I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.

You give me the duty to write about love

What use is of an eye to be open if it's not there to see! Shouldn't it rather be gauged or closed for it deceives?

In our darkest moments we become stronger. In our happiest moments we become vulnerable.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

Common sense needs constant reappraisal.

This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table

Wouldn’t that make a charming epitaph? Here lies Cat. Killed not by fang, but Ferragamos.

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.

Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.