
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 33.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics joking about the colour of a black boxer's luminous footwear. herald.ie http://www.herald.ie/news/irelands-other-big-games-winner-jimmy-magee-3196108.html, JOE.ie http://www.joe.ie/london-2012/olympics-news/jimmy-magees-unfortunate-remark-0027407-1
Olympic Games
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 33.
“You’re sure you want to look into these cognates? You might see things you wouldn’t like.”
“So long as I know the truth, I don’t care whether I like it or not.”
Section 6 (p. 186)
Short fiction, Rumfuddle (1973)
“Some of the words you'll find within yourself,
the rest some power will inspire you to say.”
III. 26–27 (tr. Robert Fagles); Athena to Telemachus.
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Remarks at the London Assembly meeting, criticising the Assembly's approach to allegations against Mayoral adviser Lee Jasper (13 February 2008)
Alleged to have been made in a September 13, 2001 press conference. This wording has not been confirmed.
Attributed, Misquotations
2022, March 2022, Remarks to members of the 82nd Airborne Division in Poland
“If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!”