“Barring drink and the girls, I ne'er heard of a sin –
Many worse, better few, than bright, broken Maginn.”

“Worse than sin against God is sin against man.”

“Few sons, indeed, are like their fathers.
Generally they are worse; but just a few are better.”

“A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.”

“It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.”

“It is better to fight with a few good men against all the wicked, than with many wicked men against a few good men.”

“This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.”

“When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.”

“One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are few.”

“I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is.”