The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

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

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.

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