I know that big people don't like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How's school? Are you a good boy? Did you say your prayers? but if you ask them did they say their prayers you might be hit on the head.

Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it's the one part of you the world can't interfere with.

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in.

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.

Before the famine, which was in the 1840s, that was an emotional turning point... There are various documents showing how the Elizabethan English, in particular, were shocked by Irish displays of affection, by the way women acted toward strangers, walking up and putting their arms around them and kissing them right full on the mouth.

If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room.

Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him.