Quote by Michael O'Leary

Serious business people would never get elected in Ireland. You don't get elected in this country if you run around and tell people the truth. You've got to run round and lie to them about 'it will be all right on the night' and then they'll vote for you.

Serious business people would never get elected in Ireland.

Summary

This quote highlights the perception that honesty and straightforwardness may not be the most effective approach to succeed in politics in Ireland. It suggests that voters are more inclined to support politicians who perpetuate optimism and make promises of a better future, rather than being confronted with harsh realities. The quote implies that, to win elections in Ireland, politicians often rely on misleading or unrealistic statements instead of presenting the unvarnished truth.

Topics

Business Truth People Rights

By Michael O'Leary

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into cont

Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amate

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Parenting

If I where to describe myself in one word, a new word should

If I where to describe myself in one word, a new word should be made.

Words

In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of

In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence, and famine.

George Bernard Shaw

Man Mankind

There are two barriers that often prevent communication betw

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

Communication

I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from i

I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.

Thomas Jefferson

Work Power Choice

I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words

I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.

Bertrand Russell

Authors & Writing

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying somethin

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth.

Truth

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Business Love

Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a c

Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great.

Vivienne Westwood

Attitude

If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautif

If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Life

Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don'

Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.

Imagination