The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

There was a flicker of something in Greta's look. I couldn't tell whether it was a flicker of love or regret or meanness.

I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States. I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

Nothing is quite so horrifying and paralyzing as to win the Oedipal struggle and to be awarded your mother as the prize.

If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this.

When we join God in his plan for his global glory, we get to be a part of the cosmic take-your-kid-t o-work day.

In the world take always the position of the giver.

What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.