O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!

The life in which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.

The kind need kindness most of all.

The trouble with the Irish question always has been that it was an English question.

There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.

Often our bad moments are self-propelled ... And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.

I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.

I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character.

It's a strange thing now how people will know they're dying themselves when no one else could suspect anything wrong at all with them.

It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything.

Drawbacks are good when you are on holiday. If the holiday were too good you might not want to go home again.

If you list down whatever you didn’t get to do, then whatever you did won’t feel like it mattered.

Over the last couple of years I have gotten an average of 2,000 letters a week from fans.

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you.

I don't wear sunscreen. I don't have a skincare program.

Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.

To be in circumstances that are working upon us, that from time to time place us in front of great natural Things - that is all we need.

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.