"Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly."

“My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.”

“I learned that Congress is a place with more heart than courage; there are more good souls in Washington than brave ones. I learned that the whole is not always the sum of its parts: that what you put in doesnt always match what you get out.”

“Love is a flower that blooms so tender, each kiss a dew drop of sweet surrender. Love is a moment of life enchanting, let's take that moment that tonight is granting.”

Source : Song: There's No Tomorrow

“Meditation isn't to disappear into the light. Meditation is to see all of what we are.”

“Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.”

“I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.”

“It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.”

Source : "Keeping the hawks at bay while retaining control of the party". www.irishtimes.com. October 21, 1999.

“I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.”

Source : Interview with Will Welch, www.gq.com. October 20, 2009.