Irish Quotes

515 Irish quotes by 364 unique authors

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by… — Jason O'Mara
At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back… — Robbie Keane
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill. — Harold Nicolson
Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges — Judy Collins
The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice… — Flann O'Brien
I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at… — Unknown Author
The vice and drunkenness among the lowering laboring classes is growing to frightful excess, and the multitudes of low Irish Catholics … restricted by poverty… — John Pintard
The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic blind… — Matthew Polly
When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British. — Brenda Fricker
"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour. — Samuel Johnson
I didn't know what was going on at the start in the swirling wind. The flags were all pointing in different directions and I thought… — Unknown Author
It's a dimissive term to say the Irish team are plucky because it rings back to the old days when we went out and gave… — Unknown Author
The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world. — Norman Mailer
The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting — Mark Twain
Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming… — William T. Wiley
The ancient Irish bards knew the Salmon of Knowledge as the giver of all life's wisdom. In the salmon's leap of understanding like a leap… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray, And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day; Green of leaf… — Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake
I grew up in a big Irish family, where everyone played the traditional sports, and I remember my grandfather saying to me, 'Why are you… — Danielle Fotopoulos
If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so. — J D Salinger
Many suffer so that some day all Irish people may know justice and peace.. — Wolfe Tone
Education should foster; this education is meant to repress. Education should inspire this education is meant to tame. Education should harden; this education is meant… — Patrick Pearse
You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children… — Patrick Pearse
As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion. — Patrick Pearse
Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won't… — James Connolly
The Irish are the one race for which psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever... because they already live in a dream world. — Sigmund Freud

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