Malachy McCourt

“Laughter is the only cure for grief.”

“Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.”

“To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will break your heart.”

“Don't get it right, just get it written.”

“My mother's prayers were always answered. God, in his infinite mercy, shut his ears to her.”

“Death is not the end, it's a transfer to a different management.”

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

“You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than you were yesterday.”

“The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.”

“Character is what you are in the dark.”

“The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live it again, I'd make all the same mistakes–only sooner.”