Famous quotes containing the words michael, collins, irish and/or leader:
“Lump the whole thing! Say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair.”
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)
“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)
“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”
—Desmond Tutu (b. 1931)