Macmanus D Quotes & Sayings

I was surrounded on all sides by the indifferent torpidity of summer, somewhere there were dogs barking lazily, while the machine-gun barrel of the sun was strafing the earth in a continuous, never-ending burst of fire. — Victor Pelevin

I used to go play football matches in the morning, and I'd go straight from me football game to a dance competition. — Tristan MacManus

Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out. — John Wooden

I get Twitter, and think it's a great way to keep it in touch, but I don't do it a lot. I hate reading when people tweet about what you're eating or who they are out with, but it's a nice way to keep in touch with people. — Tristan MacManus

I look at every girl, and I think, 'You're going to change my life.' I'm very down to earth at heart. — Tristan MacManus

God is the one goal of all our passions and emotions. If you want to be angry, be angry with Him. Chide your Beloved, chide your Friend. Whom else can you safely chide? Mortal man will not patiently put up with your anger; there will be a reaction. If you are angry with me I am sure quickly to react, because I cannot patiently put up with your anger. Say unto the Beloved, "Why do You not come to me; why do You leave me thus alone?" Where is there any enjoyment but in Him? What enjoyment can there be in little clods of earth? — Swami Vivekananda

Yeah, spray tans are not for me. — Tristan MacManus

In a dreadful storm that the supposedly wizard De Danann raised up against them, when they attempted to land in Ireland, five of the sons of Milesius, with great numbers of their followers, were lost, their fleet was dispersed and it seemed for a time as if none of them would ever enjoy the Isle of Destiny. Ancient manuscripts preserve the prayer that, it is said, their poet, Amergin, now prayed for them — Seumas MacManus

It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world with no future where, all to soon, the very words "justice," "compassion," "society," "struggle," "evil," would be unheard echoes on an empty air. — P.D. James

I hate wearin' sunglasses, to be honest with you. You don't need sunglasses in Ireland. — Tristan MacManus

The Dagda, who reigned just before the coming of the Milesians, was the greatest of the De Danann. He was styled Lord of Knowledge and Sun of all the Sciences. His daughter, Brigit, was a woman of wisdom, and goddess of poetry. The Dagda was a great and beneficent ruler for eighty years. — Seumas MacManus

I know when I'm not dancing, and I go home, I usually work with my dad, who's an electrician. So I do stuff like that. I used to be a landscape gardener. I loved that job. But I'd like to be involved with entertainment. Singing or something, I guess. — Tristan MacManus

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there. — Ralph Fiennes

All you need to do is to look, listen, and trust. — Cherie Carter-Scott

You're supposed to live the life of your dreams by making them happen, not by playing make believe inside your head. — Sarah MacManus

The young don't know what age is, and the old forget what youth was. — Seumas MacManus

I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else. — Annette Bening

The very end of me mom's road is the back entrance to Bray Head. Usually climb it when I get home. — Tristan MacManus

Many a man's tongue broke his nose. — Seumas MacManus

Where I come from, you don't really dance, you know. I think I was at the age, where, I suppose, I wanted to do what all me friends were doing. I gave up dancing for a while, and then I realised I wasn't as good at football as I thought I was. — Tristan MacManus

I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages. — Tristan MacManus

He is as good as his word - and his word is no good. — Seumas MacManus

It can be easy to buy into anything. I would lose focus if I went with that attitude of wanting to be famous. — Tristan MacManus

Welcome. Come on in to me world. — Tristan MacManus

Jesus didn't die to save me from God. Jesus died to save me from myself. — Ricky Maye

Life is a two-way ticket; inbound is random, outbound is unknown — S.E. Sever

Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back. — Justin Simien

Bray is where I live; it's a seaside resort. It's a nice place to walk up there and stuff, on the coast. There's crosses along on top of it. — Tristan MacManus

Twitter seems just to be constant updates; it seems to me as promotional tool where people talk themselves up, and I don't want it to take over what I'm doing. — Tristan MacManus