When one has reached 81... one likes to sit back and let the world turn by itself, without trying to push it.

That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

To me life is simply an invitation to live.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars?

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

Education is a great treasure.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.

That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.