The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.

'As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it'; which again is simply a lie. If I have made my bed uncomfortable, please God I will make it again.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

Most Americans ... have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.