"To marry the Irish is to look for…" — J P Donleavy

"To marry the Irish is to look for poverty."

— J P Donleavy

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17 Quotes by J P Donleavy

J P Donleavy has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and…
When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs…
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have…
The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame.
When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both,…
See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.
You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies.
I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something.
Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.
I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.
I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my…
Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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