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

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I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

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

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

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...

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...

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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

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

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.