There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.

One of the strongest conviction of delayed gratification is to convince people to have faith in the truth.

Since the emergence of Facebook, so many persons have become so vulnerable that they no longer have any secret

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?

Capitalism is destroying the earth.

I think Daily Kos is a really great example of where it's really worked in terms of putting the opinions of a larger group of people forward. And Kos has obviously had a huge impact on politics.

Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable.

I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.