Quote by Mary Beth Smith

“It’s almost like that’s the definition of being American: You love becoming Irish for a day, or becoming Italian… Or becoming a Negro for…

— Josh Alan Friedman

“Don't you ever just think of yourself as American?”

— Sabrina Vourvoulias

“In America when someone asks me my nationality, I can't just say American. I have to go back generations, elaborate on there in Europe…

— Bridget Asher

“Are you an American? No, I am not an American. I am the American.”

— Mark Twain

“I don't hate the English and I don't know do I love the Irish. But I love him. I'm sure of that now. And…

— Jamie O'Neill

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

— Thomas Adcock

“One cannot be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

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

— Kate Atkinson

“For you can't hear Irish tunes without knowing you're Irish, and wanting to pound that fact into the floor.”

— Jennifer Armstrong

“I wish Americans were as simple and natural as Germans, don't you? I'm”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Do you know that an Irishman always respond to a question with another?" And the Irish guy replies "Who told you that?”

— Cathy Kelly

“Americans are interesting creatures. They criticize those who speak their language with a slight accent but have no issues with butchering most other languages,…

— Santino Hassell