Famous quotes containing the words michael, collins, irish and/or leader:
“Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I’ll bet my money on de bobtail nag—
Somebody bet on de bay.”
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)
“Concurring hands divide
flax for damask
that when bleached by Irish weather
has the silvered chamois-leather
water-tightness of a
skin.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)