Quotes by Patrick O'Connor

“When I say I know something, I'm right 95% of the time; when I say I DON'T know something, I'm right 100% of the time!””

“I forgot why throwing away a thousand boomerangs at once was a bad idea. Then it all came back to me.””

“Finding an Irish-American in the law enforcement profession is like finding hay in a haystack...””

“But my dear sir, the United Irishmen were primarily Protestants – their leaders were Protestants. Wolfe Tone and Napper Tandy were Protestants. The Emmets, the O’Connors, Simon Butler, Hamilton Rowan, Lord Edward Fitzgerald were Protestants. And the whole idea of the club was to unite Protestant and Catholic and Presbyterian Irishmen. The Protestants it was who took the initiative.””

“Contrary to the assumptions of his rivals, Rich O’Connor had no tolerance for touchy-feely off-site meetings. In fact, his staff had come to refer to his meetings as “hug-free zones,” a term they coined during Telegraph’s first management retreat five years earlier.””