- Little said is easily mended.
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care.
- There’s no accounting for taste says the old woman as she kisses her cow. (Mary Dolan)
- The old must but the young may, my dear. (Dad, Aunt Gert)
- Rub your head. (Dad)
- You’re the best boy/girl in the County Longford. (May-May)
- You are a better man than I am, Gunga-Din. (Rudyard Kipling)
- A stitch in time saves nine.
- “Ha-no-ha-no-hannany.” (Grandma Flynn)
- “Thar aschis, masha de hulla.” (Come here – Gaelic)
- Laziness dear, did I ever offend you – I got up from my work and sat down to attend you.
- There’s no fool like an old fool.
- “Have to” is a hard master.
- Nothing ventured – nothing gained.
- It will leave me when I die.
- As you make your way through life my dear whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.
- It’s not off the grass you licked it.
- Go to bed said sleepy head, time enough say slow, put down the pot says greedy-gut, we’ll eat before we go.
- You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
- For every old sock, there’s an old shoe.
- I’m a little dunny.
- If it had teeth like a dog it would bite you.
- I’m not worth Tu-pence.
- No horse will stop his gallop to look at you.
- My face I don’t mind it because I am behind it, it’s those out in front whom I jar.
- Life without a little sweet isn’t worth living.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Fire away, the gun is your own.
- “Oil fire in the boiler room.” (Heavy Brooklyn accent)
- The best is none too good for (Annie Flynn)
- I could have had my share and my thanks!
- Don’t make a “cause celebré” out of it!
- Leave well enough alone.
- Here’s to those who wish me well, and all the rest can go to hell.
- It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
- A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
- Tell it like it is.
- Home again, home again, Jiggity-jog.
- Little said is easily mended.
- Aye, ara, God knows, you’re a picture for puck.
- You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
- Might as well be drunk as the way I am.
- Proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- It could be worse; it could be me. (Aunt Gert)
- Dog shite and asses tackle in Rosie’s room. (May-May)
- Your ancestors were drawn and quartered for the faith. (May-May)
- I’ve had fourteen good years. (Grandma Flynn telling Tom how many years it’d been since Grandpa Flynn had died)
- Ah, sure wouldn’t you think? (Grandma Flynn)
- Oh well. (May-May)
- We’re having a great time xxx…and ourselves making it.
- Both be’s best says Father Matt. (Grandma Flynn)
- It’s the last we’ll speak of her/him.
- If it was any good, I wouldn’t have left in the first place. (Pop Flynn on Ireland)
- Left to themselves, men would live in a tent/barn. (May-May)
- He rose from the dead and appeared to Mary. (May-May)
- Go outside and knock the stink off you. (May-May)
- I’ve come to spend a little of my leisure time with you and yours. (Dad’s dad)
- I was the stronger of the two. (Aunt Mary)
- The lean horse for the long race. (May-May)
- The long ball hitter. (Dad)
- “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)
- When I was your age, I would jump over the moon. (Dad)
- It’s my breakfast. (Jim K.)
- It’s a nice blanket. (Jim K.)
- It’s five o’clock somewhere in the world!
- But you and a Christian differ.
- The full pig in the stye doesn’t see the hungry one go by.
- It’s a good like. (Dad)
- If there is any fighting to be done – I’ll do it! (May-May)
- He makes the back to bear the burden.
- The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
- All bad luck go with it.
- You’ll know the tree by its fruit.
- Did you see my agility?
- It will come to me.
- It’s a holy and wholesome thought.
- Rub your head.
- 6 of one half dozen to the other.
- You have your share and your thanks.
- Ah sure, they’re all doing it. (Grandma Flynn)
- There’s more where that came from. (Money is a young lad’s pocket)
- I can’t be doin’ it, my own is itchy.
- “I’ll do it myself,” said the little red hen.
- Vera good, Vera Vera good! (Bessie Dolan)
- “Two times.” (May-May responding to a double sneeze)
- It’s gone soft. (Amelda Barret)
- A perry or tu-pence to bury the wren.
- It’s hard to find a good hook for a bad reaper!
- A bowlful in the morning will give you a bowlful at night.
- There is too much emphasis on sex and not nearly enough on a good bowel movement!
- I spent it, I’m glad, and I’d do it again.
- Anything is becoming to a fair face and figure.
- If your tall and good looking, everybody loves you! (Grandma Flynn)
- If “Ifs” and “Buts” were candy and nuts then we’d all have a merry Christmas.
- You can lead the horse to the trough, but you can’t make her drink.
- Right Mariah, the Goat’s a-bucking.
- That’s a holy and a wholesome thought.
- It’s all over now but the shouting.
- It’s as far away now as ever.
- It’s old sloother pooch!
- If it had teeth like a dog it would bite you.
- I drive better than I walk. (Mr. Hardy)
- It’s a wise child known his own father.
- Convince a fool against her will and she’ll be of the same opinion still. (Mary Dolan)
- Do you think I’m deef? (Dad)
- Rub it on wood and it’s sure to come good. (May-May)
- Hey, put a tail on that and run it at Belmont
- Mira, que se mira!!!
- Mom, Frank’s acting up again
- Here I go again
- We never!
- Are you a renter or a member
- The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
- Are you a Public or a Catholic?
- The Rye Beach Can.
- Silver Fenders.
- Why sure, he died of a Tuesday!
- There is an anticipation for precipitation for accumulation.
- Hey Kackkkkkkkkkkkkk
- Tell the truth and shame the devil.
- Offer it up to the suffering souls of purgatory.
- A taste of the grass makes a thief of the cow.
- My Sole Heir and Legaty
- If a buzzard had a piano up it’s ass, there would be music in the air
- He (or she) Knows All the Answers Now!
- If you want to get ahead in this world, keep one step ahead of the Jew.
- Don’t let the Jews get ahead of you.
- Sim-Som Su-Gom
- I Kick my shoe off to ya (Literally)
- The hungry eye sees far. (Mom)
- The cat can look at the Queen. (Mom)
- Best way to double your money is to fold it.