306 Irish Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight. Eddie Alvarez

I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it. Edmund Barton

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater. Ellen Pompeo

For years, Ireland used to have a philosophy of 'Get them in here to invest and develop in Ireland, and this will sort out our problems.' It is good in the sense of building a trade surplus, but we also want to develop what it is that we offer ourselves and that Irish companies export abroad. Enda Kenny

Good Problems Will Building Sense Our Philosophy Ourselves Out Abroad Invest Develop Also Sort Trade Surplus Years Ireland Irish Offer Get Want Them Used Export Companies Here

Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing climate change - this means reducing emissions, adapting to impacts, and enhancing and improving carbon sinks. Enda Kenny

Change Progress Will Research Adapting Addressing Sectors Impacts Potential Emissions Countries Global Climate Climate Change Reducing Irish Contribute Improving Realise Land Means Help Enhancing Carbon

The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. Enda Kenny

Government Unprecedented Brought Vatican Catholics Revelations Irish Juncture Report

When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American. I thought it would be more interesting... to use the actual ethnic background in New York City at the time. Evan Hunter

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Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history. Fiona Shaw

History People Local About Only Educated Irish Irish People Artistry

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable. Fiona Shaw

About Something Remarkable Irish

Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish. Frank Carson

Jokes About Most Irish

First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good story,' and somewhere in their odds is a kind of science-fiction existentialism that decrees that we, the people, know everything. In other words, betting patterns often make for good, unconscious soothsaying. Frank Delaney

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Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Frank McCourt

Miserable Worse Catholic Irish Irish Catholic Than Childhood Ordinary

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

Experience Sense Of Humor Humor Sense Think About Something Had Irish Die

I couldn't fit in the Irish community in New York. I was never one of the boys because they would talk about baseball or basketball, and I knew nothing about it. Frank McCourt

Nothing Community Would About Never Knew New Talk Because Boy Fit Irish York New York Baseball Basketball

I think that's why you see so many Americans in Dublin look so sad: they are looking for the door through which they can begin to understand this place. I tell them, 'Go to the races.' I think it's the best place to start understanding the Irish. Frank McCourt

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One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket. Frank Stallone

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The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger ones also in the fact that Ireland is exceptional in its ability to make theater part of the national dialogue, and it reaches to all four corners of the country. Garry Hynes

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As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages. Garry Hynes

I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were disgusting. I had three years of Irish dirt under my nails. I had to have manicures and everything. George Blagden

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As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. George J. Mitchell

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