the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue

Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.