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Don't start drinking before the fifth song.
I'm not very good with cars. They rebel against me.
Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.
I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.
Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.
But they're laughing at you. They're not laughing with you.
I'm on the university board in Limerick, so I visit the city often.
I have a happy temperament: a bit like 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.'
Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge.
There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.
I'm asked to do 'Strictly Come Dancing' on a regular basis, but I always say no.
I'm so proud to do it - there's nothing else I do that compares to 'Children in Need.'
Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? ... Actually, I do. I've seen the rehearsals.
I've always been the kind of person who leaves parties early to catch the last bus home.
Nobody really knows what they look like. The mirror shows you only what you want to see.
I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.
I'd have liked to have been a bit more intellectual. I'd have liked to have had more brains.
I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity.
I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.
Why do men think they know how to cook outside when they haven't the smallest idea how to go about it indoors?
Most television could be presented by a dachshund. Radio can't, although there are a lot of dachshunds in there.
Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply.
All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. They choose contestants who are ill-suited and slightly freakish.
I'm terribly shallow. I don't miss things once I have stopped doing them, and I don't miss people when I stop seeing them.
Go out and face the world secure in the knowledge that everybody else thinks they are better looking than they are as well.
I try to swim for 30 minutes and walk for 30 minutes, because if I don't, my finely honed body will slip into its old ways.
All of us are private to ourselves. Nobody ever really knows anybody else. Everybody in the world keeps something to themselves.
What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's likely to call security.
I suppose I should make a little apology to Cyndi - although I'm not taking the blame for this - because I was the one who did say Cyndi had won.
My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
'Senior Citizen' and 'Silver Surfer' are the new euphemisms. Unless you're a female presenter on TV, in which case you're ready for the knacker's yard at 35.
I don't like seeing myself on screen. Whenever I see or hear myself, I think, 'What is that eejet doing now?' I'm in the wrong business. I don't like the limelight.
I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a sin as long as you don't take pleasure from it.
I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.
They're still advertising the added health-giving advantages of vitamins in your daily diet, although it has long since been shown that you'd be better off eating Smarties.
I've never stayed in a tent or a caravan in my life, and I never joined the Boy Scouts. I don't see the point of going on holiday to enjoy less comfort than I have at home.
The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago.
There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.
My life has been a happy accident. Anybody who succeeds in anything should count their lucky stars, because that's the biggest element. It's not hard work; it's not necessarily talent.
I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I'm gone. Just please don't ask me to take it seriously.
Oh, I'm a great believer in the power of the pause. Radio is a bit brasher now. My style was slower. I just used to go in, open the microphone and say the first thing that came into my head.
Just as you should never confuse the law with common justice, intelligence should not be confused with common sense. Some of the brightest people in the world have no idea how to cross the road.
A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview is what Barbara Walters or Connie Chung does in the States, in-depth, done properly.
You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing live interviews on television, you learn not to say the first thing that comes into your head.
I will never do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' There are certain things you'll do that you have some control over, but you should do things that leave your fate in the hands of others, too.
There's more to life than passing exams, and paper qualifications can only take you so far. A lot depends on luck, and on being in the right place at the right time, which was certainly true in my case.
I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's important that children can relate to what their schoolmates are watching.
Sadly, I cant avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer!
The high spot of my day has always been getting home to have my dinner with my family. It still is: to have my dinner with Helen. It's a cocktail and dinner. I know I'm a tired old geezer, but there you are.
Sadly, I can't avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer!