"When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would they know it was me?"

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Source : Ginger Man (1955) ch. 31

J. P. Donleavy

#Beer Quotes #Dublin Quotes #Want Quotes

“I'd rather drive the yellow brick road, you wouldn't happen to know of a rental car place around.”
“The last step will be letting my hair go natural. Thatâ€™s when youâ€™ll know Iâ€™m freeâ€¦”
“To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.”

Source : "Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images". Book by Michael Collopy, 2000.
“We're still on the run. That's for sure. Right on. This time we're on. And we won't stop till we win.”
“Let me tell you something big: Give importance to little things!”
“Children are inspiring because they are open and a lot more intelligent than grown ups. They also have contagious playfulness and joy. For me as an artist the challenge of having a child is having to think ahead a lot more. Which in a way is good, since I sometimes lack self-discipline.”
“With bad girls, you can't go as many places as you can with a good girl. But, it is fun to play the bad girl because you always get the better wardrobe!”
“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.”

Source : "What Moves Republican Crowds in Iowa" by Michael D. Shear, thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com. December 28, 2011.

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