Ian Paisley Quotes

Liverpool wouldn't be the club it is today without Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley and the players who played there. When I first went there it was a typical Second Division ground, and look at it now!

How often do you hear one person in a dinner party argument say, ‘Yes, on consideration, I’m persuaded by your argument. You’ve helped me to see things differently. Thank you for helping me to become wiser.’ No, what you witness is two combatants beating each other over the head with predetermined opinions that have as little chance of shifting as those of the Reverend Ian Paisley. It’s a pity, as the fear of being shown to be wrong, or to shift one’s opinion, does a lot of harm, causes us a lot of unnecessary stress and keeps us as ignorant as a politician.

Jonathon realised he had got it badly wrong in every possible way: volume, tone and intonation. His was not the kind of ‘hey’ that fits easily in the sentence, ‘Hey Chandler, let’s go grab a coffee.’ It was more the sort of ‘hey’ that Ian Paisley might have shouted if he’d noticed the pope hanging around at the bottom of his garden.

People have had enough of it. No more bombs, they say. No more shootings. No more army boys on the streets. We want something better for our weans. Them lot need to wise up and start talking to each other. I’m not sure who’s stopped talking to who. Ian Paisley’s never done talking and Gerry Adams talked so much they’ve got somebody else in to do his voice.

There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance,’ the late John Wooden, US basketball coach and leadership guru once said

With the car now sounding healthy, Don McCrea was able to rev the engine. He remembers Ian Paisley Senior looking pleased that he had been able to help: ‘There was Ian beaming away and in his best clerical voice he said, “Well young Hume, that is real power,” and John just leaned over and in a quiet voice said, “No Ian, that is power-sharing.”’21