I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.