But in philosophy, sometimes the baby ought to go out with the bath water.

God primes the pump of obligation.

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men

Success is the sweetest thing to taste, the bitterest thing to lose, and the hardest thing to earn.

You can tell a lot about a society by what it fears.

I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.

No is an unacceptable answer. I'm allergic to no.

Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you.

The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.

I am here and I'm alive. That's enough.

Work, work, work, but what mark do we leave, what point do we make? People who are too beholden to work become like erasers: as things move forward, they leave in their wake no trace of themselves.