God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic.

Maybe she loved me, maybe not –who knows?Not even the godscan see intoa human heart –it’s that dark.

Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.

Brain damage and stupidity are very different things, but can have similar effects on the wearer.

When you see someone's aura, it is an outer reflection of the subtle physical body. It is about the same shape as the physical body, although it can become thousands of things.

Nothing will ever equal that moment of exhilaration which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss.

I want people to have a new way of looking at the world when they leave the theater.

Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.

Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life.

There is no real wealth but the labour of man.