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

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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.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

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...

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...

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

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

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 court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

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

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.

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

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

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

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...

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

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