I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Age Quotes

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.