We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

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.

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.

One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do!

An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!

I need the kind of help that comes with a side order of help.

Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe.

We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.

Whenever you're doing two things at once, you're compromising them both.

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

It was a hard name having growing up as a child. Some kids would call me names like "Birbiglebug" and "Birbibliography" and "Faggot". Some were more clever than others.

The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it.