Seen or Heard
"The Church is often said to be a 'faceless institution' and part of what we're doing is putting faces on the Church as the ordinary people who work in parishes, have mortgages, raise children and are just living their lives." (Petra Conroy, in a profile about her involvement with Catholic Comment.)
"Everyone who comes along tonight, even if all they do is listen and absorb, are Kilcullen's future leaders." (Brian Byrne, writing in advance of the recent Kilcullen Development Plan presentation.)
"Everyone who comes along tonight, even if all they do is listen and absorb, are Kilcullen's future leaders." (Brian Byrne, writing in advance of the recent Kilcullen Development Plan presentation.)
"I wonder how many more cuts people can put up with. The cost cutting is dismantling vital services like public nursing homes and health services. At the same time, some Government advisers are getting big pay increases. That’s not fair."(Niall McAllister, 66, widower, interviewed in the Irish Times.)
"I wonder how many more cuts people can put up with. The cost cutting is dismantling vital services like public nursing homes and health services. At the same time, some Government advisers are getting big pay increases. That’s not fair." (Niall McAllister, 66, widower, interviewed in the Irish Times.)
"If you were to break a heart by venomous words, it would not be possible to ever make it whole again. Words can cause endless troubles and they can also give boundless joy. Therefore, you should be most careful that the words you use do not hurt or give pain to others." (Indian philosophical commentator Sai Ram.)
He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is—African Proverb
If anyone asked me what is the most important invention, I would say it is the sentence." — Author John Banville, speaking on TV3.
"It was on Brian Byrne's blog, so I assume it's not a joke." (Orla O'Neill, responding to a query as to whether the traffic bumps at Scoil Bhride are to be lifted to accommodate the Queen's motorcade through Kilcullen.)
"The race for instant information is one we book publishers can never win. It is probably one we should not enter, because our mission is not to add noise to noise, but to deliver meaning and to inspire. And speed so often defeats meaning." (Arnaud Nourry, CEO of publishing house Hachette Livre, at the PEN Literary Gala in New York on April 26.)
"Our building jumped and shook and collapsed and we clambered out over the devastation, stunned and bruised but alive." (Irene McDonnell from the Christchurch earthquake.)
"A moment of thinking is an hour in words." (Thomas Hood.)
"The Titanic was built on this island, and just as it was billed as 'unsinkable', our Celtic Tiger was hailed as 'unstoppable'. Both were hostages to hubris." (Brian Byrne in 'We Need New Butterflies'.)
"Necessity is the mother of taking chances." (Mark Twain.)
"What comes with ease goes with ease." (Arabian proverb.)
"A long dispute means that both parties are wrong." (French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.)
"It is hard to get work made unless you are ordered. So when you have a family, sometimes you have to rise at five in the morning to get the sense that you are the only person in the world." (Artist Bridget Flannery, whose work is currently on display in the Good Food Gallery.)
"He refuses to have a chest X-Ray, or to have his blood pressure taken." (Maurice Neligan's wife Pat, on 'Miriam Meets'); to which the famous heart surgeon responded: "When you're sick, go to your doctor; otherwise don't go looking for trouble."
"Moderation in all things, including moderation." (Maurice Neligan, heart surgeon.)
"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." (William Ruckelshaus, first Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.)
"The Council's initiative a couple of years ago, to regularly have a clean-up team in Kilcullen as part of a multi-town pilot programme, has really paid off." (Noel Clare, on the big improvement in litter in Kilcullen.)
"The reason we have such beautiful children in the school is because they come from such beautiful families." (Marion Sherlock, Principal of St Joseph's NS.)
"He refuses to have a chest X-Ray, or to have his blood pressure taken." (Maurice Neligan's wife Pat, on 'Miriam Meets'); to which the famous heart surgeon responded: "When you're sick, go to your doctor; otherwise don't go looking for trouble."
"Moderation in all things, including moderation." (Maurice Neligan, heart surgeon.)
"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." (William Ruckelshaus, first Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.)
"The Council's initiative a couple of years ago, to regularly have a clean-up team in Kilcullen as part of a multi-town pilot programme, has really paid off." (Noel Clare, on the big improvement in litter in Kilcullen.)
"The reason we have such beautiful children in the school is because they come from such beautiful families." (Marion Sherlock, Principal of St Joseph's NS.)
