Irishmen Quotes

42 Irishmen quotes by 33 unique authors

Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine? — Frank Carson
The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of… — Lord Kelvin
Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human… — Colin Farrell
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. — Shane Leslie
It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish. — Douglas Hyde
An Irishman's imagination never lets him alone, never convinces him, never satisfies him; but it makes him that he can't face reality nor deal with… — George Bernard Shaw
The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman. — George Bernard Shaw
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. — Bobby Sands
As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended… — Duke of Wellington
He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligent Irishman can; which is to say that where his knowledge or memory failed him,… — John Fowles
You're a good Irishman, right?" When Butch nodded, V said, "Irish, Irish… let me think. Yeah…" Vishous's eyes sobered, and in a voice that cracked,… — J R Ward
You ran away from an adorable Irishman who wanted to se you naked? — Christine Warren
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination — George Bernard Shaw
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner. — William Butler Yeats
Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers,… — Ray Bradbury
I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen… — Douglas Hyde
Irishmen are not reserved, and the company appeared dying to be intimately acquainted. — William Hamilton Maxwell

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