Irish Quote by Oliver St. John Download Open image “Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or rather the hashish.” — Oliver St. John ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Irish Irish People People Politics Rather
The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
“The 'Irish Question' has dogged English politics for four hundred years and will continue to measure out its irresolution in blood and human lives… — Kevin Toolis Copy Share Image
[Ireland is a] country peopled by peasants, priests and pixies. — Robert Kilroy-Silk Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us who grew up in Northern Ireland weren't politicised enough, frankly. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland. We know from the French, their wonderfully neurotic presidents, that our hands are sort of… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too well the… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems I found with Irish politics and the economic thing was after the war, after World War II, most of… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians. — Jasmine Guinness Copy Share Image
I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of 15 years… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Politics is not about a certain type or breed of people. It is a representation of the different voices we have in society. — Nicole Seah Copy Share Image
If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey? — Oliver St. John Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters, educated though… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
“Ireland is probably named the “Emerald Isle” because there are lots of precious stones found there, such as sapphires and rubies.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“...books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.” — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“A horn honks.I look up, expecting to see the white Audi. But there’s a sleek black four-door with shiny silver rims instead. e driver… — K A Tucker Copy Share Image
“Why would she do that?" "Because she's a Yankee - a Maine Yankee, the worst kind. On a given day, they can make the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing,… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
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