Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters and the small nations like prostitutes.

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.

I am going to eliminate every unnecessary job-killing regulation. They're choking our businesses to death.

If you believe in equality, you're a feminist. Sorry to tell you.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

Our country is being radically altered, step by step, by Justices who are not following any law.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

Acting is the use of human experience with talent added.

Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

When a man grows old his joy Grows more deep day after day, His empty heart is full at length But he has need of all that strength Because of the increasing Night That opens her mystery and fright.