But maybe that was what it meant to grow up and have the seemingly infinite possibility of childhood vanish in an instant. You had to press on, no matter how dark and narrow the path ahead seemed.

...life didn't always have to be so serious. That life was to be lived. That life was one great adventure, to be lived well and to the full.

It is the fool who declares ‘I am ascending the summit, ’ while he’s toddling around in the ditch.

Rumors run wild when one sacrifices for self and temporarily forsakes those who assume entitlement to one's persona.

When you value your family over anything else you're always going in the right direction.

All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.

I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!

History can't tell us. Each generation must define itself.

You take jobs so much of the time when you don't need to necessarily work for a living, but it becomes important who you are going to work with.

How many of us have had our hearts broken for whatever reason yet find the courage to continue to reach out for love. Emotional vulnerability is true strength to me.

As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.