Quotes by irish authors

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. Oscar Wilde

Emotions Astray Lead Advantage Us

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde

World Own Books Immoral Shame Calls Show

When good Americans die they go to Paris. Oscar Wilde

Good Paris Go American Die

All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde

Art Quite Useless

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Oscar Wilde

Science Sentiment Settlement Never End Begin Romance Should

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china. Oscar Wilde

Day Every Day Live Every Find Up Blue China Harder

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. Oscar Wilde

Dramatist Give Look Romance While Realism Ask Actor

It's inevitable that tough situations will come up, but it's how you react that is the challenge. Patrick Collison

You Challenge Will Tough Inevitable Come React How Up Situations

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all. Patrick Kavanagh

Honesty Honesty Is Absolute Most Said Dishonest Might Pose

The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one's private soul. Patrick Kavanagh

Soul Simple Manners Bad Folk Intrude Bad Manners Private Familiarity

How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about. Philip Treacy

You Hat About Feel Makes How

Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. Philip Treacy

Own Magic Celebrity Than Different Royalty

I like hats that make the heart beat faster. Philip Treacy

Heart Faster Hats Beat Like Make

I grew up in the west of Ireland, and Galway was our local seaside resort. We'd go for one day of the year during the summer, and I have enduring memories of the sand and the sea. Philip Treacy

Day Memories Year Resort Local Our Summer One Day Go West Up Ireland Grew Enduring Sand Sea

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures. Pierce Brosnan

Hope Faith Best Good Strength You Perseverance Sometimes Try Move On Good Friends Think Other Way Kind Some One-Way Rise Higher Know Make Because Always Got Friends Very Greener Going Move Just Endure Little Ground Suffer

I realise how precious life is, probably because I've seen how it can be taken away. Pierce Brosnan

Life Seen Taken Because How Precious Precious Life Realise Away

Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. Pierce Brosnan

Food Survival Noise Communicate Cause Will Depend Must Find Temporary More Could Catastrophic Dead Deaf Permanent Scientist Loss Hearing Subjected Dolphins Than Whale Whales Any Noted Migrate Species Million

No one can escape life's pain. That's life. Pierce Brosnan

Life Pain No-One Escape

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. Rebecca West

Salt Earth Wounds Having Nobody Likes Even

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. Rebecca West

Soul Passion Master Own Duty Abandon Must Itself Loyal Desires

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. Rebecca West

God Book Practice Indefensible Forbid Any Banned Should