Irish Quotes

515 Irish quotes by 364 unique authors

The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very… — Michael D. Higgins
Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through. — Erin Andrews
We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely. — Caroline Corr
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all… — Len Cariou
I'm Irish and Cherokee Indian. I can't faint. — Lynn Collins
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true. — Anne Enright
I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic. — Kate Flannery
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an… — Clare Bowen
Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is… — Anna Friel
Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away. — Paul McCartney
My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was… — James Cagney
It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in… — Alice Hamilton
My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. — David Johansen
My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese. — Tom Shadyac
The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report. — Dick Spring
I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all… — Dave Gibbons
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful. — Katharine Tynan
Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere… — Bharati Mukherjee
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years… — George Bernard Shaw
I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish. — Marianne Moore
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not… — George Orwell
Short-term amnesia is not the worst affliction if you have an Irish flair for the sauce. — Norman Mailer
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community… — Jon Stewart
The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so… — Peggy Noonan
We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a… — Sinead O'Connor

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