I would rather be British than just.

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman

Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left.

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

Come Friday, the world will see what the Protestant people really think of this so-called peace process, which is really a surrender process.

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.

I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life

Smile at a friend, at a stranger, at an enemy, at life’s absurdities and the universe will smile back at you.

Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense of adventure.

I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart.

The body is merely an evolutionary vehicle for the gene

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.

The reason I love comics more than anything else is that the longest story will be just a few pages. With a novel, it takes so many pages to get to one thing happening.

It's not just philosophy, not just words; it's knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.

Culture is coded wisdom