Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible.

Rory McIlroy

But most good movies have a gun in them.

David Sedaris

When you're about to die, your whole life's supposed to flash before your eyes. When you fall in true love, on the other hand, what you see in the twinkling of an eye is your entire future.

Tom Holt

Backbone beats wishbone every time.

Source Unknown

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

Allen Klein

I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

Michael D. Higgins

Fast cars are my only vice.

Michael Bay

No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver.

Kahlil Gibran

A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new.

Marshall McLuhan

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.

John le Carre

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them.

Jane Goodall

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

Brendan F. Behan