Irish Quotes

515 Irish quotes by 364 unique authors

The Irish believed that gods, druids, poets, and others in touch with the magical world could be literal shape-shifters — Thomas Cahill
I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when… — Morgan Llywelyn
I suspect that the only thing that will take Articles Two and Three out of the Irish Constitution is when the bombs begin to blow… — Norman Tebbit
I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was amnesia. Although my… — Tom Hayden
I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands… — Michael D. Higgins
There's a curse on me as there's a curse on the Larkin name. The curse comes back, again and again, to taunt me! Ronan! Kilty!… — Leon Uris
I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish — Leon Uris
The word 'vegetable' has no precise botanical meaning in reference to food plants, and we find that almost all parts of plants have been employed… — Charles Heiser
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for Ireland. If I… — Unknown Author
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. — Van Morrison
Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure. — Nick Clooney
Earth, receive an honored guest; William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. — Virginia Madsen
I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl. — Lara Flynn Boyle
No matter what nationality or color is champion, we Irish like to say that we have a heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney retired, who can come… — Tommy Gibbons
The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their people had come… — Unknown Author
Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English tongue,… — Daniel O'Connell
The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of… — John Bruton
Do you think anybody knows that I'm Irish? — Niall Horan
Cause I'm Irish, and everyone remembers me. — Niall Horan
President Obama told the Irish people that America will always stand by them, to which Israel laughed. — Jay Leno
The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. — Ben Nicholson
I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame. — Simon Munnery
The Irish people didn't get on that well with each other either. They hated the Catholics, was the main issue, as I see. You can't… — Jaclyn Moriarty
The one joy that has kept me going through life has been the fact that stories unite us. To see you as you listen to… — Frank Delaney

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