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

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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

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...

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...

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...

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

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

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

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

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

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

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...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

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...

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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...

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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...

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...