Irish Quotes

515 quotes by 383 authors

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and… — Gerry Adams
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
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. — Brendan Behan
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. — Brendan Behan
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone… — Kate Adie
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can… — Bono
But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot… — Bono
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way? — Lara Flynn Boyle
My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds, so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all.… — Jo Brand
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out… — Geraldine Brooks
I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know. — Sandra Bullock
Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'. — Jeb Bush
In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. — Samuel Butler
My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. — Mariah Carey
When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school. — Deepak Chopra
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. — Winston Churchill
I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow. — George Carlin
What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed,… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to forgive. The African… — Sinead O'Connor
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white. They had to… — Cornel West

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