“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home. — Genevieve O'Reilly Copy Share Image
My usual trick with the Irish plays is to set things on islands I've never been to. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I like the Mid Antrim circuit, and if anyone were to ask me to show them a typical Irish road surface, I… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
“The Catholic Church in America is the Irish church. It is our church, end of story. We built it. We paid for… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
I think the Irish humour is unique, there are lots of aspects to it. The Irish are quick witted, and their banter… — Dylan Llewellyn Copy Share Image
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
“The best compliment we ever got was that the Pogues were ‘like The Dubliners on-speed.’” Shane MacGowan” — Robert Mamrak Copy Share Image
I was at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, one of the best pediatric institutes in the world, and they often had famous… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
The so-called Boer War advertised British vulnerabilities, and these were confirmed by the Irish rising of 1916 and the subsequent creation of… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble; we had… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
These people in the North-East of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more than from anything else, from the whole of their past… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
“Just remember, it's an easy place to be at home in, Ireland. I think the people are very skilled at relating. I… — Pete McCarthy Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t even—” one word “hurt ” was supposed to come out of my mouth. Instead, a string of obscenities to make… — K A Tucker Copy Share Image
“His deep voice drifted to her through the crowd of women. “…my lady when she returns. Och, there ye are, Blossom,” Faolán… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
I could have wealth beyond my dreams, but where is the joy in that? And I could travel the seven seas, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she'd brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most… — Heather Barbieri Copy Share Image
Not to Learn Irish is to miss the opportunity of understanding what life in this country has meant and could mean in… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
“McGahern still lives on and works a farm in Leitrim, and friends say that even though he has held high profile academic… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
