“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

“Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.”

“The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.”

“Of Paradise I cannot speak properly, for I have not been there; and that I regret.”

“I think that people should be free to to engage in any sexual practices they choose. They should draw the line at goats,though.”

“Wherever we are and whatever we are doing, it is possible to learn something that can enrich our lives and the lives of others... No one's education is ever complete.”

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”