The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs.

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

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

... 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.

Appreciate, Let purpose inspire action, Learn with humility, Go beyond .. all in Here & Now.

My love is for you lives after life, for infinite time even though I will never get you, but my love for you is forever.

It's much easier to hate a memory. I would know.

We humans have two things that set us apart and make us able to do what no other form of life can—reason and feel. That’s because we have brains and hearts.

So dear a life your arms enfold, Whose crying is a cry for gold.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it’s a really good thing to remember.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us.

Poetry is what makes the invisible appear.

I think people kind of come in who they are, and it sort of doesn't even matter who their parents are - it can affect you a little bit, and you can be guided and shaped.