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I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.
— Patrick O'Brian
I'm an eternal optimist.
— Brian O'Driscoll
It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea.
— Patrick O'Brian
How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset.
— Patrick O'Brian
You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Jack, you've debauched my sloth.
— Patrick O'Brian
Hunter-gathers, by nature, store information for use, understanding that there may be a time when information is scarce.
— Brian C. O'Connor, Jud H. Copeland, Jodi L. Kearns
I've come down from the mountains, with an ass-full of specimens...
— Patrick O'Brian
For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it ...
— Patrick O'Brian
Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
— Brian O'Driscoll
God,' he thought, 'never let me outlive my wits.
— Patrick O'Brian
Come all you thoughtless young men,a warning take by me
And never leave your happy homes
to sail the raging sea. — Patrick O'Brian
Whereas I had not meant anything so illiberal as a national reflexion, of course; only that I hated Papists.
— Patrick O'Brian
The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
— Brian O'Driscoll
You want to win everything you are in.
— Brian O'Driscoll
There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.
— Brian F. O'Byrne
I used to be really influenced by Brian Bendis, back in his indie days. But I guess I try to tone that down.
— Bryan Lee O'Malley
Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.
— Patrick O'Brian
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
— Brian O'Driscoll
My missus knows to leave me alone.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.
— Brian O'Driscoll
You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.
— Brian O'Driscoll
You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.
— Brian O'Driscoll
My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.
— Brian O'Driscoll
You do not mean there is danger of peace?, cried Jack.
— Patrick O'Brian
I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.
— Brian O'Driscoll
The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I didn't know Ian Smith myself!
— Brian O'Driscoll
It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.
— Brian O'Driscoll
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
— Brian O'Driscoll
As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.
— Brian O'Driscoll
There's ego in all of us rugby players.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.
— Brian O'Driscoll
If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
— Brian O'Driscoll
That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I would say I thrive in a competitive environment.
— Brian O'Driscoll
You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I still get a great buzz from rugby.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!
— Brian O'Driscoll
Rugby takes its toll.
— Brian O'Driscoll
The victory is always sweeter ... winning things with friends.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?
— Patrick O'Brian
There never was a ship that fought well without she was a happy ship.
— Patrick O'Brian
Sometimes you receive a knock in action: it may be your death-wound or just a scratch
— Patrick O'Brian
I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.
— Brian O'Driscoll
It all gave a pleasant illusion of eternity, this quiet sailing under a perfect sky towards a horizon perpetually five miles ahead, never nearer.
— Patrick O'Brian
Better than a shove in the eye with a dry stick. [- Jack]
— Patrick O'Brian
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I'm very much a glass-half-full person.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large. — Patrick O'Brian
If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.
— Brian O'Driscoll
In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
— Patrick O'Brian
NBC has suspended Brian Williams for six months without pay. Williams said he's not worried because soon his veterans benefits will kick in.
— Conan O'Brien
About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private.
— Patrick O'Brian
It must be a weary life, being in a permanent state of rage or at least at half-cock.
— Patrick O'Brian
I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end.
— Brian O'Driscoll
The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.
— Brian O'Driscoll
For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ...
— Patrick O'Brian
How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck
— Patrick O'Brian
A virtuous esculent!
— Patrick O'Brian
She is remarkably dry,' he said to Stephen who, preferring to die in the open, had crept up on deck,
— Patrick O'Brian
was an officer holding out his sword,
— Patrick O'Brian
I don't really want to be the centre of attention.
— Brian O'Driscoll
The mind of a man is often thrown off its track by what women possess between their legsThe Halloween Orgy Massacre — Jeff O'Brian
He that would make a pun would pick a pocket.
— Patrick O'Brian
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Any innocent pleasure is a real good: there are not so many of them.
— Patrick O'Brian
Surely man in general is born to be oppressed or solitary, if he is to be fully human;
— Patrick O'Brian
Wallis,' said Maturin, 'I am happy to see you. How is your penis?
— Patrick O'Brian
The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
— Patrick O'Brian
I've never bought a sports car.
— Brian O'Driscoll
The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed.
— Patrick O'Brian
You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.
— Brian O'Driscoll
When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
— Brian O'Driscoll
Clap on with both hands, sir - never say die - one more heave and we're home, safe and dry.
— Patrick O'Brian
It is unjust to provoke a man and then to complain he is a satyr if the provocation succeeds. You
— Patrick O'Brian
A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
— Brian O'Driscoll
I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.
— Brian F. O'Byrne
Invincible ignorance could not be enlightened; and
— Patrick O'Brian
We have contact with alien cultures.
— Brian O'Leary
