Quote by James Stephens

“A real Irishman will give everything of himself--except that kernel of his soul which makes him a mystery to other peoples.”

— Jim Tully Beggars Abroad

“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.”

— Kate Atkinson

“He may seem the fool who has given his all, by the wise men of the world; but it was the apparent fools who…

— Patrick Pearse

“But it was always thus with Irishmen. Never, since the start of the world, has one of them taken a woman's sensible advice when…

— Eddie Lenihan

“An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“A driver had been sent to meet us. He was gray-haired, short, and nimble and introduced himself. "I am Patrick and so is every…

— Sharon Creech

“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.”

— Thomas Adcock

“It was like the violence of the world he’d grown up in had embedded itself in him, taken root, and could never be fully…

— S.E. Jakes

“Irish heroes, for one reason or another, have come off, it must be owned, but poorly before the bar of history.”

— Emily Lawless

“Irish people have been leaving their homes in search of better lives for many, many years. We're very good at it.”

— Matthew Quick

“What I told you tonight - it isn't my story alone. It belongs to every Irish person living and dead. And every Irish person…

— Frank Delaney

“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