Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.

I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.

Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction

Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses. I decided I wasn't going to open an account. Put it the other way round - there was no reason that I should.

It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.

I've seen it over the years, the more intellectual they are, the more work they don't want to do. You have to do both, you have to be able to put in the graft.

We were always dead against the war.

I raised my right hand and placed my left on the Quran, which was being held by my wife and mom. Suddenly, I was blinded by a cascade of camera flashes...

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

I would just have to find a hog, slaughter it, butcher it, cure the meat, then fry it up. Thinking about the bacon—the potential of bacon—gives me hope. Not all is lost if bacon isn't. Seriously.

Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I'm note sure it's possible to have too many of them.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

If you spend your whole life being depressed about life, youre wasting it.

When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential die untapped.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.