"I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap."

“The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.”

“The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.”

Source : "What I know about women". Interview with Rosamund Witcher, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2009.

“If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.”

Source : As quoted in "Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney" by James F. Simon, Simon and Schuster, (p. 268), 2006.

“The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.”

Source : Sir Arthur Helps (1883). “Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd”

“As flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.”

“Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.”

“The world has changed around Europe. It is not only the migration crisis that has shown Europe is not up for challenge.”