Irish Quote by Oscar Wilde

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

“Fookin' Irish, they're a race of political masochists, they love their fookin' chiefs and princes an' a strong hand belting. It's like the man…

— Gwyneth Jones

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 language of Shakespeare is the first and lasting affirmation of the great changes that took place in the sixteenth century, leaving the Middle…

— Ronald Carter

“Literature shrivels in a universal language, and an uprooted language rots before it dies. And it should be possible to lift the eyes above…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'

— Sarah Palin

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

— Mandy Patinkin

Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken…

— Felicity Kendal

Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language…

— George Bernard Shaw

We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks

— Oscar Wilde