By 1709, the Irish owned only 14 percent of the land in…

“Drylands account for 41.3 percent of the world’s land-mass, including 44 percent of land under cultivation. Each year upward of twelve million hectares (thirty…

— Judith D. Schwartz

“cheese and pizza contributed more than 14 percent of the saturated fat being consumed.”

— Michael Moss

The distributor used to get 10, 12, 14 percent in most cases, but the App Store or Steam - they're taking 30 points. So…

— Mitch Lasky

“There’s even evidence that compared with takers, on average, givers earn 14 percent less money, have twice the risk of becoming victims of crimes,…

— Adam M. Grant

About 14 percent of our nation's civilian workforce is foreign-born.

— George W. Bush

Former Senator Al D'Amato in 1991 offered an amendment to cap credit card interest rates at 14 percent.

— Bernie Sanders

“As of 1641, the indigenous Irish Catholics owned an estimated three-fifths of the land of Ireland but, just 24 years later,”

— Thomas Sowell

“A horn honks.I look up, expecting to see the white Audi. But there’s a sleek black four-door with shiny silver rims instead. e driver…

— K A Tucker

“...books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.”

— Joe Queenan

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”

— James Joyce

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“Ireland is probably named the “Emerald Isle” because there are lots of precious stones found there, such as sapphires and rubies.”

— Jarod Kintz

Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters, educated though…

— Rosemary Mahoney

Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing…

— Enda Kenny

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,…

— Alice Munro