My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

Free love is too expensive.

One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do!

You never leave your partner! Especially in a fire!

That's just the way it is. I'll always remember. She's forgotten.

Growing up is when you understand you get what you give, not what you're given.

If you take something then take only the best of all.

I would have dreams all the time about me playing in the NFL. Every day I woke up, I said to myself, you know, I'm going to work hard, you know, this day to get to that next level.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It's a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

Life hurts at times. It hurts to have a body at times, hurts to be born, hurts to live, hurts to die, but it can be ecstasy beyond comprehension. You can know that ecstasy. It is inside of you.

To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.