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.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

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

I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life.

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.