Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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

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

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

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...

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...

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

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...

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

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...

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

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

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...