4694 quotes by irish authors for you to enjoy

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Jonathan Swift

Life Man Age Experience New New Information Conduct Information Skilled Ever Receive

Books, the children of the brain. Jonathan Swift

Education Books Brain Children

I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world. Kenneth Branagh

I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre. Kenneth Branagh

Natural Theatre Come Want Breathing Bones

I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you. Kenneth Branagh

You Past Think Worry Paralyze About Inspired Well Because Does Been Done Being In The Past Choose Compared Things

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems. Maeve Binchy

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Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious. Marian Keyes

Me You Focus Sugar Find Magic Totally Delicious Weighing Stuff Baking Also Fairness Sort Because Calming Makes Off End Up Eggs Rewarding Different Disparate Butter Flour Start

We've had a very consistent position down the years. Sinn Fein is not in favour of abortion, and we resisted any attempt to bring the British 1967 Abortion Act to the north. Martin McGuinness

Abortion Down Consistent Favour Attempt Had Fein Years Sinn Sinn Fein Very North Any Act Bring Resisted British Position

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing? Maureen O'Hara

Life God Me You Wonderful Directing Could Had How Wonderful Life

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth. Oscar Wilde

Work Crazy Man Disappointment Science Wealth Invention Poverty Too Honoured Inventor Road Almost Exercise America Ends Regarded Shortest Ingenuity Forthcoming Help England Many Application