But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

Free love is too expensive.

Falling in love is very easy, but staying in love is very difficult.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

It'll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get the problem solved, no matter what.

For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity.

The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

And me happiest when I compose poems: Love, power, the huzza of battle are something, are much: yet a poem includes them like a pool water and reflection.

For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.

I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.

Never do but one thing at a time, and never put off till to-morrow what you can do today.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.