He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

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.

Music is the fastest motivator in the world.

When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.

As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.

I'm not worried about where Barack Obama is from. I'm worried about where he's going.

Friends ask you how you are and wait for an answer.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

Style is joyful if you allow yourself to have joy.

Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.