I absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the world..

Alcoholism is a dread, an awful, and fatal disease..

There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers..

There's no recovery from alcoholism, it is an incurable disease. And it also is a disease that tells you, you don't have a disease..

To me a saint is a severely edited sinner. That's what I think..

I am an alcoholic, as I said. And it is however we call it, a disease. That's an explanation, but not an excuse..

Here am I, a human being and that has a body that is getting old. And I only have one, I can't trade it in..

I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. ….

Limericks don't come from Limerick. But it comes from that between the verses when they used to have those competitions that they would put in the re….

Conservatism is not a political ideology, it is a severe form of brain damage for which there's hardly any cure..

To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness..

Being a kid myself, I loved playing and I loved playing with words, and making up things and riddles and songs and not afraid of being silly in publi….

Somebody once said that the Irish derived the greatest benefit from the English language. They court it like a beautiful woman. They make it bray wit….

Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment..

I've seen so many horrible and awful results and consequences of people practicing alcoholism. It's murder, I've seen that. I've seen a lot of suicid….

To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear away. They're not afraid, they're ….

I think people are so disillusioned with the parties. It's one party with two different names, and they are so spineless..

I had great faith that perhaps this man Obama would do something, but he is, we're all in the grip of big money..

I tell my children, shut up and let me speak. What I've learned, I have been married for 45 years and in my own family It is that I've learned to sto….

Organized religions have all the facets of organized crime, except the compassion of organized crime..

I would like to do away with all kind of - all weapons. A dream - totally. Including the bow an arrow..