18 Quotes by Pete McCarthy

If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.

That guy in the corner. Never tells the truth, as a matter of principle. Why answer a question, he says, if you can tell a good story instead?

Wherever you go in the world, there will be people to tell you it'll be bigger, stranger, better, more authentic if you take the time to go somewhere else instead; but if you are there, you won't be here. You can only be at one place at a time, and sleep in one bed each night. Sometimes it's good to know where you are when you wake up.

Just remember, it's an easy place to be at home in, Ireland. I think the people are very skilled at relating. I notice, watching the different nationalities on the mountain, the fluidity of interaction the Irish people have with the visitors, and with each other. It's a skill that's less developed in other nationalities, and it's so instinctive it doesn't even look like a skill.

But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time apply, and most people still understand the crucial secret of human happiness: that it's better to do a few things slowly, than a lot of things fast.

We had found nothing, and had been lost several times already in one morning, so this was shaping up into a top travel experience.

I reckon if I can’t spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking.

If you’ve had the right kind of education, it’s amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.

It’s always stimulating to visit new places, acquire fresh knowledge and expand your portfolio of nightmares.