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

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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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...

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...

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 wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

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.

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

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

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...