Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.

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.

There are greater things than want and lust, Nerissa, " he whispered. "I can't afford those things.

When asked why you include Jesus in everything, remind that person that, after all, He included you in everything!

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

I listen to gospel music.

I'm amazed at how Muslims keep their humanity after reading the Koran.

In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach.

Cars don't cause pollution, trees do.