in my skimmings over fiction I cannot recall any writer so continuously implicated in his own work as George Moore.

Sometimes it seems your ever-increasing list of things to do can leave you feeling totally undone.

Perhaps it’s true, my happiest moments are the anticipation of other moments still to come.

Motherhood: the days are long, the years are short.

There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality.

The rewards of faith are beyond doubt.

God is omnipresent, yet the attempts to provide him a transit office space are made good in a temple

The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits.

Here at home, for goodness's sakes, we have to finally pass a law prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in the United States of America.

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.

I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

If you want to be successful on the right side, when it comes to money, you have got to know the difference between facts and opinions. You must know numbers. You must know the facts.