Ireland Quote by Gwyneth Jones

Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.

— Andrei Codrescu

I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.

— Oscar Wilde

The Irish are the one race for which psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever... because they already live in a dream world.

— Sigmund Freud

The Irish, as a race, have the oral tradition in their blood. A direct question to them is an anathema, but in other cases,…

— P. L. Travers

“[on the Irish] A race of poets and wordsmiths, my ass.”

— M. Edward McNally

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire…

— James Larkin

“And for that one moment of freedom you have to listen to all that love crap...it drives me nuts sometimes... I want to kick…

— Henry Miller

Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food, and Dan…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“ Great , Elend thought. I’ve filled my inner council with a bunch of thrill-seeking masochists. Even worse, I’ve decided to join them. ”

— Brandon Sanderson

The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain…

— Anton Szandor LaVey

“Connor loved heels. So did masochists.”

— Chelsea Field

“Only masochists can get along without editing their own memories.”

— Sloan Wilson

There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means…

— Anonymous

There's something perverse about women...they're all masochists at heart.

— Henry Miller

“Even the masochists tell everything when tortured. From sheer gratitude.”

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec