Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by William V. Shannon

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Last updated on April 17, 2025.

William Vincent Shannon was an American journalist, author, and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

August 24, 1927 - September 27, 1988

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Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point, the instinct to see life in a comic light becomes irresistible, and ambition falls before it

William V. Shannon

Experience suggests that the first rule of politics is never to say never. The ingenious human capacity for maneuver and compromise may make acceptable tomorrow what seems outrageous or impossible today.

William V. Shannon

Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on their own. Instead, they are letting other children and the media, principally television and the movies, do the job.

William V. Shannon

What is actually happening is often less important than what appears to be happening.

William V. Shannon

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by William V. Shannon

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