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.

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

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.

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

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.

Ieder beest bidt op zijn manier.

I was certain of the uncertainty thatlied ahead which made you A risk, A mystery, And the most annihilating thing I have ever known.

Each of us bears his own Hell.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's Government neither to flap nor to falter.

I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

Don't try to help people to 'not die', help them to enjoy life!

I love looking back, and even putting new music on vinyl - if it's right!

A night of sleep is as much preparation for the subsequent day's activity as it is recovery from that of the previous day.

The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did.

We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less