Quote by Gladys Mitchell Download Open image ““John MacKechnie’s Gaelic Without Groans”” — Gladys Mitchell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Macpherson's [work] was largely inauthentic with respect to any genuine Gaelic verse tradition, but it was the very voice of authenticity for the developing… — Malcolm Chapman Copy Share Image
“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“And so he began haltingly to speak—in Gaelic, as it was the only tongue that didn’t seem to require any effort. He understood that… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You know what they say: All Welshmen sing. All Scots are thrifty. All Englishmen have stiff upper lips. And all Irishmen write plays.” — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
“It is one of their beauties, the Irish, the way they crush and expand the language all at once How they mangle it and… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to understand how the Irish mentality worked. The more foolish, illogical or surreal one's actions were perceived t be (and mine… — Tony Hawks Copy Share Image
“When he had disconnected the pump and tested the tyre with thumb and forefinger, he stood the bicycle upright against the side of the… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
Such an error, one finds, to do things for the best. They usually seem to be such unpleasant things. — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“She wants to see the children before she dies,” pronounced his wife. “Poor thing. I expect she’s very lonely and unhappy right out there… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am a congenital liar. Some Highlanders are. To my ancestors, the truth was so sacred as to be unusable. — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Richard, having modestly but effectually scored the minimum number for the purpose, was in process of deciding whether a green or a canary-coloured Fluffy… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“replaced the cigarette, took a plate of kidneys and bacon from the maid, and accepted a piece of bread from a plate proffered by… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“What about Kost, sir? He’s a foreigner, you know.” “Yes,” said the inspector, allowing to pass unchallenged the usual English implication that foreigners are… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Look here, Mrs. Bradley," he said. "I feel a pretty frightful bounder telling you all this about the poor girl, but I think some… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
In a sense, all murderers are lunatics. Killing is a not a sane reaction to the circumstances of life. — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I am bubbled, I’m bubbled, O how I am troubled! Bamboozled and bit, my distresses are doubled!” John Gay” — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Well,” continued Hilary, “it felt like somebody’s face! You know when you play water polo, and you push a chap’s face with your foot—”… — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
