Ask me Quote by Edna O'Brien

I love the Irish for their attachment to the faith and for many amiable and noble qualities, but they are deficient in good sense,…

— Orestes Brownson

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

— Fiona Shaw

“I've always found the Irish really attractive-they make wonderful writers and sexy firefighters, and if they didn't like the Red Socks they'd be perfect.”

— Julie Klausner

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

— Anne Enright

“Well, they may not be civilized, but they are certainly confident--and this confidence is one of the open-handed pleasures of early Irish literature.”

— Thomas Cahill

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”

— James Joyce

The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad…

— Theodore Dreiser

There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?

— Natalie Dormer

I think the Irish humour is unique, there are lots of aspects to it. The Irish are quick witted, and their banter is really…

— Dylan Llewellyn

I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

“Damn it all, MacMurrough, are you telling me you are an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort?’ ‘If you mean am I Irish, the…

— Jamie O'Neill

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic…

— Douglas Hyde