Special Irish Commission Quotes & Sayings

The glass is riddled with bullets on either side of The Stranger, but the glass before him is unbroken, as though the bullets didn't dare approach.
That's when I work out what he is: a bullet catcher. — Joaquin Lowe

I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad things. It's made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating. — Alexander Koch

Until 1943, when Stalingrad and bombing began to change everything, most German civilians save those who lost loved ones found the conflict a numbing presence rather than a trauma. — Max Hastings

Let justice be done tho the heavens fall. — Michael Davitt

Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities? — George Phillips Bond

Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child. — Roddy Doyle

When I first encountered the 'Sigma Force' novels - long before I became friends with Jim Rollins - a bookseller told me that these stories were about 'geeks with guns.' While not entirely accurate, that's pretty close to the mark, and that really speaks to me. — Jonathan Maberry

When I was a boy I was my father. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end. — Napoleon Hill

I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium. — David Hockney

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw