"No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear"

-- Solon

“oh mothers you will have made the little tykes so happy because if nobody does pick them up in the movies they won't know the difference and if somebody does it'll be sheer gravy”
“Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.”
“We dance for the pure joy of it. In the kitchen to the record player. Because we've got it in us. All over ... it's not just in the legs. It comes from inside and runs all through you. In waves. From down below to up above. All the way to the scalp.”
“I should like to have been killed in the war.”
“What takes us back to the past are the memories. What brings us forward is our dreams.”
“The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.”
“Now, there are two ways to approach a subject that frightens you and makes you feel stupid: you can embrace it with humility and an open mind, or you can ridicule it mercilessly.”

Source : Judith Stone (1991). “Light Elements: Essays in Science from Gravity to Levity”, Ballantine Books
“It is quite unacceptable that a member of DÃ¡il Ã‰ireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.”

Source : "I've broken absolutely no codes, ethical, tax, legal or otherwise". Brian Dobson's RTÉ interview, www.irishtimes.com. September 27, 2006.

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