Cynicism Quote by Brian Gleeson

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

— Brendan Behan

The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.

— Dervla Murphy

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that…

— Thomas Francis Meagher

If you are British, you soon get used to people not loving you. The Irish remind us of offenses from 100 years ago. Perhaps…

— Mick Jagger

Many suffer so that some day all Irish people may know justice and peace..

— Wolfe Tone

There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with the greatest…

— Michael Lewis

Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves.

— Enda Kenny

I am absolutely an Ulsterman and I am reminded of that everywhere I go. I can't shake that in Dublin and I can't shake…

— Adrian Dunbar

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this…

— Lydia M. Child

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

— Jack Nicholson

“What Ireland shares with many societies around the world is a dangerous reality: once a group of people is isolated as being in some…

— Mary Raftery

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

— Frank McCourt