I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more…

There was a big thing in the Behan family of achieving and wanting to be something special. There was a big drive in the…

— Adrian Dunbar

I really disliked the fact that our Irish culture is what make us and made us and will make us. And when money came…

— Gavin Friday

I always think of Ireland as a place for complex ideas and prose. I like Irishness. I like Irish culture and Irish literature.

— David Baddiel

Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second generation Irish…

— Liam Neeson

“If we forget the past, individually or as a culture, we lose knowledge that has already been gained, and we lose valuable tools by…

— S. Joel Garver

If people lose their land, they have nothing. You lose your land - you lose your culture, you lose self.

— Richard Gere

If we lose our culture, we lose our memory.

— Robert Wilson

Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I would love to go back to any time in European history, especially in Irish history, to the second or third century, prior to…

— Gabriel Byrne

We all need a firm sense of identity.

— Christopher Eccleston

“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.”

— Douglas Preston

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

— Penelope Lively

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

— Brenda Shoshanna

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.

— Djuna Barnes