The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.

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I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're...

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge...

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to...

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the...