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" Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. "
You
Your
Sons
" All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. "
Good
Obituary
Publicity
" A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. "
Who
Halfway
Man
" A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. "
Book
Like
Speech
" At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. "
Lost
Deep
Loneliness
" Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. "
Like
Know
Every Day
" Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. "
Through
Aspirations
Day
" I am a drinker with writing problems. "
Drinker
Am
Writing
" If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. "
Go
Would
Soup
" If you accept your limitations you go beyond them. "
You
Limitations
Go
" If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. "
You
Everything
Desire
" I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. "
Women
Society
Roads
" I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. "
Policeman
Seen
Situation
" Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. "
Never
Action
Go
" New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. "
Place
Wild
You
" No man can discover his own talents. "
Man
His
Discover
" No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. "
Themselves
Today
Wasted
" Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. "
People
Other
Nationality
" Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. "
Everything
Pretty
Said
" The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. "
Alone
Bible
Good
" The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. "
Sex
Big
Costs
" The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. "
Love
You
World
" There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. "
Own
Your
Publicity
" What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. "
Write
Signature
Most
" What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. "
Hell
Good
Both Sides
" When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. "
Death
Said
Absence
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