Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: James Joyce Quotes

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

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...

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...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

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...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the...

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...