The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea.

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal

We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.

Everyone, Republican or otherwise has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.

I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.

I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.

Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Our expectation in ourselves must be higher than our expectation in others.

When you imagine yourself as a failure or as having insurmountable problems in your relationships or any part of your life, you think failure, act failure, and produce failure.

The human spirit is like an elastic band. The more you stretch, the greater your capacity.

It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me God eternal apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.

Eating is an environmental act.

Know your limits, not so that you can honor them, but so that you can smash them to pieces and reach for magnificence.

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do everything in a minimalist way.

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on.

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance.