Ireland Quotes · Page 9

I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.

— Caitriona Balfe

In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.

— Anonymous

“You can’t swing a cat in Ireland without hitting a saint.”

— Ryan Hackney

Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there.

— Bernie Mcgill

You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.

— Hal Roach

“Surely there’s no need to abandon one’s reason simply because one is in Ireland.”

— J.G. Farrell

“internal disunity made Ireland vulnerable to conquest by a united Britain.”

— Thomas Sowell

Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free.

— James Nesbitt

Ireland's always been good to us. We always get nostalgic when we play there because it was the very first proper show…

— Tom Fletcher

“I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served,…

— Thomas Drummond

“There was Ireland in his voice, dreamy wisps of it that could, unexpectedly, wind around her heart.”

— J.D. Robb

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.

— Mary Wilson Little

There was nobody in the city I came from - Cork, Ireland - that I could link up with to teach me…

— Rory Gallagher

Next to President of the United States, Ambassador to Ireland is surely one of the best jobs an Irish American can hold.

— Jean Kennedy Smith

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

— KT Tunstall

That's how vile i am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a…

— Iris Murdoch

If I was to sit down with a piece of paper and write down all the events I'd want to win over…

— Shane Lowry

Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them.…

— Nora Roberts

The last 15 years we had one of the biggest economic booms. But I think a few bubbles have burst in a…

— Gavin Friday

I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me…

— Roisin Murphy

The reality is that the nationalist community in Northern Ireland were treated almost like animals by the unionist community. They were not…

— Alec Reid

'Vikings' is filmed in Ireland, and 400 people get jobs from that show. Their economy is not that good, so I'm proud…

— Travis Fimmel

The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is…

— Douglas Hyde

History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with…

— William Allingham

The United States of American business pays the second-highest business taxes in the world, 35 percent. Ireland pays 11 percent. Now, if…

— John McCain

The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel…

— Tony Abbott

I know it feels like two steps forward and one step back, but we are making progress. In my lifetime, I have…

— Patrick Stewart

Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with…

— Sean Brady

Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and…

— James Connolly

We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities...you've got to think about getting your act together. I…

— Van Morrison

“The smell of the earth, so astoundingly fresh: it strikes Brown like a thing he might eat. His ears throb. His body…

— Colum McCann

There were no wrestling schools in Ireland. It was completely unheard of.

— Becky Lynch

“Food shouldn’t be that shade of green, lass.” – Faolán MacIntyre”

— Shannon MacLeod

Ireland has always been 'having a moment,' considering the size of the country.

— CMAT

I feel very tied to Ireland and the U.K. and that side of the world.

— Jamie Dornan

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.

— Sigmund Freud

I'm enjoying it with Ireland, and I won't be pressured into playing for England.

— Jack Grealish

When I was a kid, I would sometimes go to Ireland with our family.

— Matthew Broderick

“DUBLIN, Oct. 16.—The Irish Republic was to-day proclaimed at Cork, with GEORGE”

— Various