New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

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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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Today I saw a baby with a bib that said 'This dumbass put my cape...

Today I saw a baby with a bib that said 'This dumbass put my cape...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.