1. Little said is easily mended.
  2. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care.
  3. There’s no accounting for taste says the old woman as she kisses her cow. (Mary Dolan)
  4. The old must but the young may, my dear. (Dad, Aunt Gert)
  5. Rub your head. (Dad)
  6. You’re the best boy/girl in the County Longford. (May-May)
  7. You are a better man than I am, Gunga-Din. (Rudyard Kipling)
  8. A stitch in time saves nine.
  9. “Ha-no-ha-no-hannany.” (Grandma Flynn)
  10. “Thar aschis, masha de hulla.” (Come here – Gaelic)
  11. Laziness dear, did I ever offend you – I got up from my work and sat down to attend you.
  12. There’s no fool like an old fool.
  13. “Have to” is a hard master.
  14. Nothing ventured – nothing gained.
  15. It will leave me when I die.
  16. As you make your way through life my dear whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.
  17. It’s not off the grass you licked it.
  18. Go to bed said sleepy head, time enough say slow, put down the pot says greedy-gut, we’ll eat before we go.
  19. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
  20. For every old sock, there’s an old shoe.
  21. I’m a little dunny.
  22. If it had teeth like a dog it would bite you.
  23. I’m not worth Tu-pence.
  24. No horse will stop his gallop to look at you.
  25. My face I don’t mind it because I am behind it, it’s those out in front whom I jar.
  26. Life without a little sweet isn’t worth living.
  27. Necessity is the mother of invention.
  28. Fire away, the gun is your own.
  29. “Oil fire in the boiler room.” (Heavy Brooklyn accent)
  30. The best is none too good for (Annie Flynn)
  31. I could have had my share and my thanks!
  32. Don’t make a “cause celebré” out of it!
  33. Leave well enough alone.
  34. Here’s to those who wish me well, and all the rest can go to hell.
  35. It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
  36. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
  37. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  38. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
  39. Tell it like it is.
  40. Home again, home again, Jiggity-jog.
  41. Little said is easily mended.
  42. Aye, ara, God knows, you’re a picture for puck.
  43. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
  44. Might as well be drunk as the way I am.
  45. Proof of the pudding is in the eating.
  46. It could be worse; it could be me. (Aunt Gert)
  47. Dog shite and asses tackle in Rosie’s room. (May-May)
  48. Your ancestors were drawn and quartered for the faith. (May-May)
  49. I’ve had fourteen good years. (Grandma Flynn telling Tom how many years it’d been since Grandpa Flynn had died)
  50. Ah, sure wouldn’t you think? (Grandma Flynn)
  51. Oh well. (May-May)
  52. We’re having a great time xxx…and ourselves making it.
  53. Both be’s best says Father Matt. (Grandma Flynn)
  54. It’s the last we’ll speak of her/him.
  55. If it was any good, I wouldn’t have left in the first place. (Pop Flynn on Ireland)
  56. Left to themselves, men would live in a tent/barn. (May-May)
  57. He rose from the dead and appeared to Mary. (May-May)
  58. Go outside and knock the stink off you. (May-May)
  59. I’ve come to spend a little of my leisure time with you and yours. (Dad’s dad)
  60. I was the stronger of the two. (Aunt Mary)
  61. The lean horse for the long race. (May-May)
  62. The long ball hitter. (Dad)
  63. “What are you doing now that you’re retired?” “You’re lookin’ at it!” (Uncle Wally’s response as he sat in his chair sipping a beer and smoking a cigarette)
  64. When I was your age, I would jump over the moon. (Dad)
  65. It’s my breakfast. (Jim K.)
  66. It’s a nice blanket. (Jim K.)
  67. It’s five o’clock somewhere in the world!
  68. But you and a Christian differ.
  69. The full pig in the stye doesn’t see the hungry one go by.
  70. It’s a good like. (Dad)
  71. If there is any fighting to be done – I’ll do it! (May-May)
  72. He makes the back to bear the burden.
  73. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
  74. All bad luck go with it.
  75. You’ll know the tree by its fruit.
  76. Did you see my agility?
  77. It will come to me.
  78. It’s a holy and wholesome thought.
  79. Rub your head.
  80. 6 of one half dozen to the other.
  81. You have your share and your thanks.
  82. Ah sure, they’re all doing it. (Grandma Flynn)
  83. There’s more where that came from. (Money is a young lad’s pocket)
  84. I can’t be doin’ it, my own is itchy.
  85. “I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen.
  86. Vera good, Vera Vera good! (Bessie Dolan)
  87. “Two times.” (May-May responding to a double sneeze)
  88. It’s gone soft. (Amelda Barret)
  89. A perry or tu-pence to bury the wren.
  90. It’s hard to find a good hook for a bad reaper!
  91. A bowlful in the morning will give you a bowlful at night.
  92. There is too much emphasis on sex and not nearly enough on a good bowel movement!
  93. I spent it, I’m glad, and I’d do it again.
  94. Anything is becoming to a fair face and figure.
  95. If your tall and good looking, everybody loves you! (Grandma Flynn)
  96. If “Ifs” and “Buts” were candy and nuts then we’d all have a merry Christmas.
  97. You can lead the horse to the trough, but you can’t make her drink.
  98. Right Mariah, the Goat’s a-bucking.
  99. That’s a holy and a wholesome thought.
  100.  It’s all over now but the shouting.
  101.  It’s as far away now as ever.
  102.  It’s old sloother pooch!
  103.  If it had teeth like a dog it would bite you.
  104.  I drive better than I walk. (Mr. Hardy)
  105.  It’s a wise child known his own father.
  106.  Convince a fool against her will and she’ll be of the same opinion still. (Mary Dolan)
  107.  Do you think I’m deef? (Dad)
  108.  Rub it on wood and it’s sure to come good. (May-May)
  109.  Hey, put a tail on that and run it at Belmont
  110.  Mira, que se mira!!!
  111.  Mom, Frank’s acting up again
  112.  Here I go again
  113.  We never!
  114.  Are you a renter or a member
  115.  The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
  116.  Are you a Public or a Catholic?
  117.  The Rye Beach Can.
  118.  Silver Fenders.
  119.  Why sure, he died of a Tuesday!
  120.  There is an anticipation for precipitation for accumulation.
  121.  Hey Kackkkkkkkkkkkkk
  122.  Tell the truth and shame the devil.
  123.  Offer it up to the suffering souls of purgatory.
  124.  A taste of the grass makes a thief of the cow.
  125.  My Sole Heir and Legaty
  126.  If a buzzard had a piano up it’s ass, there would be music in the air
  127.  He (or she) Knows All the Answers Now!
  128.  If you want to get ahead in this world, keep one step ahead of the Jew.
  129.  Don’t let the Jews get ahead of you.
  130.  Sim-Som Su-Gom
  131.  I Kick my shoe off to ya (Literally)
  132.  The hungry eye sees far. (Mom)
  133.  The cat can look at the Queen. (Mom)
  134. Best way to double your money is to fold it.