Acquainted Quote by William Hamilton Maxwell

Where would the Irish be without someone to be Irish at?

— Elizabeth Bowen

Alas! the culture of an Irishman is an enterprise to be undertaken with a sort of moral bog hoe.

— Henry David Thoreau

Irish was a man of parts even if some of them didn't work too well.

— Angela Carter

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

— Winston Churchill

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

— Samuel Johnson

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

— Frank McCourt

I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble,…

— Fiona Shaw

The Irish are great talkers and incredibly friendly, it's just in the DNA.

— Charley Boorman

There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?

— Natalie Dormer

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

— Anne Enright