“If Irish were to die completely, the standard of English here, both in the spoken and written word, would sink to a level probably as low as that obtaining in England and it would stop there only because it could go no lower.”

“Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole function. They would end up as words that are never spoken, and words that aren't spoken are no longer words.”

“Here are some happy English soldiers.
They are going to make the Irish happy.”

“If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.”

“Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you.”

“If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called Damn It.”

“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?”

“That's not fair, you know. If we knew when we were going to die, people would lead better lives."

IF PEOPLE KNEW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIVE AT ALL.”

“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.”

“The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus”