We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have not got, we are possessed of a most futile and diverting cleverness.

Sometimes it seems your ever-increasing list of things to do can leave you feeling totally undone.

We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have not got, we are possessed of a most futile and diverting cleverness.

There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality.

Perhaps it’s true, my happiest moments are the anticipation of other moments still to come.

[On writer George Moore:] ... I grew curious about Moore. Yet when at the rehearsal of 'Countess Cathleen' in some dark by-way of London, I was told he was present, I cannot recall any form, only an irritation in the dusty atmosphere.

Ireland regards sex, when she regards it at all, with an entirely primitive and practical eye.