Irish Quotes

515 Irish quotes by 364 unique authors

You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t… — Whitney M. Young
I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish… — Rory McIlroy
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America,… — Rory McIlroy
The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four… — Michael D. Higgins
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. — Dido Armstrong
I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it. — Dylan Moran
I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes… — James D'arcy
God created whiskey to keep the Irish from taking over the world. — Kinky Friedman
I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if… — Edmund Barton
It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its… — Charles Dickens
It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the 'Kazee' is not. — Steve Kazee
I'm half Scotch-Irish on both sides, and when I lose my temper-brother, I go. — S. J. Perelman
The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers… — William O. Douglas
The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East European origin is as stringent as that between… — Diana Trilling
I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt. — Edna O'Brien
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention… — Roddy Doyle
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. — Roddy Doyle
I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian… — Jeannette Walls
Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door. — Martin McGuinness
The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have… — Rory McIlroy
I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with… — Rory McIlroy
I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live… — Chris O'Dowd
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. — Meghan O'Rourke
I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went… — Dennis Lehane

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