“Isn't it strange that religious prejudices - beliefs none possess, not...” — George A. Moore Quote

Isn't it strange that religious prejudices - beliefs none possess, not even the saints, so they have lamented - divide brothers and sons from their fathers. You see, I except mothers and sisters; the female is not a religious animal. If she were, the world would have ceased long ago.

You will find in me a middle aged man with a career behind me sufficiently brilliant to enable me to talk about many things interestingly; and I am not an unkindly soul, I believe.

'The Dublin Magazine' has been edited with good taste, and it is very agreeable reading, but to speak quite candidly, I do not believe in the future of any literary journal any more than I believe in the future of the Trinity.

England produced Shakespeare, and the British Empire the six-shilling novel.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

A camel is a very awkward animal to ride, and it's very hard to get used to because they're not very graceful.

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.