Boyle Roche famous quotes

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.
-- Boyle Roche

#Air #Sky #Smell

A quart bottle should hold a quart.
-- Boyle Roche

#Bottles #Should

There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.
-- Boyle Roche

#Sin #Shame #Decree

P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.
-- Boyle Roche

#Stupid #Writing #Let Me

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.
-- Boyle Roche

#Stupid #Standstill

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
-- Boyle Roche

#Way #Danger

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
-- Boyle Roche

#Done #Way #Should

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.
-- Boyle Roche

#Silence #Freedom Of Speech #Speech

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.
-- Boyle Roche

#Half #Cups #Misery

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.
-- Boyle Roche

#Bottles #Should

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?
-- Boyle Roche

#Two #Bird

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
-- Boyle Roche

#Past

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.
-- Boyle Roche

#Brother #Two #England

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
-- Boyle Roche

#Hands #Unseen #Path

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
-- Boyle Roche

#Lying #Deceit #Half

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.
-- Boyle Roche

#Disappointment #Nurse

Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
-- Boyle Roche

#Father #Men #Brave