Oi’m always noble, sir; it’s in my blood. ’As been ever since Oi ate that knight a few years back. Why?

Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil.

We each have our belssings and our curses. In the end it makes us equals.

Ryle Hira: Life is what it is

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming.

Allo, darlin’. Oi’m so glad to see it’s love at first sight for you, too.

Sometimes, however, there is more than hope.Sometimes there is reason.

When you're of a different race people distrust you because they are afraid. If you don't give them reason to dislike you, it becomes their problem, not yours.

...every time I look at you autumn leaves come in between - does it matter they're the color of your hair - or they still fall in my memory?...

The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.

For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.

Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.

It's like a crapshoot in Las Vegas, except in Las Vegas the odds are with the house. As for the market, the odds are with you, because on average over the long run, the market has paid off.

Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable.

Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear.

I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.

The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.