Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken.

You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass.

Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.

Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.

You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.

The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time.

Stop wasting your life and discover who you are

Artists are the shamans of our time.

The past cannot hurt you. It’s all in your head.

No action hero is more closely associated with cars than James Bond.

In London November isn't a month, it's a state of mind.

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!

I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else.

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.

Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.