Irish Quotes · Page 9

My lineage is partially Irish.

— Devin Townsend

A dog with two homes is never any good

— Anonymous

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

My mom is Filipino and my dad is half Russian and half Irish.

— Cheryl Burke

With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.

— Sheamus

“Both my parents were Irish, and the Irish word for “suntan” is “burn.”

— Mira Grant

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

— Shaquille O'Neal

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

— Bernie Mcgill

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

— Caitriona Balfe

I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

— Alex Haley

The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.

— Jack Charlton

I've been canyoning, snorkelled a shipwreck, and learnt to Irish dance, all in the same week.

— Ashley Roberts

“For everyone knew Fiachnae would rise again, it’s what the Irish did, and mac Báetáin was cannier than most.”

— Nicola Griffith

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to…

— Mercedes McCambridge

You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on 'Peaky Blinders.' And the most amazing actress.

— Adrian Dunbar

If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so.

— Anonymous

The only way to get to that next peak is to be ready for that next valley. Being raised Irish, you know…

— Rory O'Malley

“In the secular trinity of Irish-American values, loyalty and humor are father and son. Self-deprecation is the spirit that works in mysterious…

— Maureen Dezell

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

— Isabela Moner

The Irish seem to want their artists to function as surrogate priests - sources of authority, founts of wisdom, people who will…

— Alex Johnston

When Coach Mike Brey at Notre Dame was recruiting me, he was like, 'There will be Irish on the front of the…

— Pat Connaughton

Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers…

— Romesh Ranganathan

Everyone knows everyone because we've all worked in theatre. All of our 'Dublin Murders' crew came from 'Game of Thrones'. Also, we…

— Sarah Greene

I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers…

— Emily Ratajkowski

“Keep dreaming, Irish,” she said dryly, though her breath was ragged. “I will, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll come…

— Whitney K-E

I know this sounds a bit mad, but I always take a tiny green cut-out leprechaun - about the size of a…

— Carol Drinkwater

Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so…

— Kevin Barry

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.

— Brian Dennehy

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

— J.G. Farrell

“Just try and think of me as an Irish Batman, and you'll be all right.”

— C.M. Stunich

The English treatment of the Irish was appalling. It was absolutely appalling.

— Perdita Weeks

“Irish has not so much a common formula as a common character.”

— Lew Bryson

I make a mean Irish soda bread every Christmas and give it out to friends and family.

— Matt Walsh

“...to be Irish is to know the world will break your heart before you are thirty.”

— Virginia Henley

My uncle was a photographer for 'The Irish Times.'

— Roisin Murphy

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.

— Charles Haughey

Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality.

— Maria Edgeworth

“The Irish move to the sound of the guns like salmon to the sea”

— Rudyard Kipling

“(Blanche has already steeled herself, knowing that the Irish can’t cook.)”

— Emma Donoghue