306 Irish Quotes for You to Enjoy

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen. Moira Kelly

Music Listening Big Band Classical Until Mostly Big Band Rock Rock And Roll Lot Up Irish Roll Maybe Sixteen Grew Really Start

Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe. Norman Davies

Future Project Independent Must Status Absolutely Advance Absorb Islands Ireland Irish Wales Scotland Commit Northern Northern Ireland Nations Republic Themselves Full Europe United Four

I read a lot of nineteenth-century French poetry. And Irish poetry from the ninth century on. Paul Muldoon

Ninth Poetry French Read Lot Irish Century

I love the fact that Inuit poetry may resonate with me as much as Irish. Paul Muldoon

Love Me Resonate Poetry Fact Irish May Much

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment. Paul Theroux

Think Hat Wealthy About More Development Annoying Rock Rock Star Cowboy Cowboy Hat Irish Than African Being Moment Star Things

Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers. Penelope Spheeris

My heritage is Scottish and a lot of Irish, too. Perdita Weeks

Heritage Too Lot Irish Scottish

My father lost his leg in 1927 playing soccer. A kick broke his leg; gangrene set in. They sawed it off. So he didn't get what a lot of Irish immigrants got, which was a job on the Waterfront - he didn't get that. Pete Hamill

Father Job Lost Waterfront Kick Broke Immigrants He Got His Lot Off Irish Leg Get Which Soccer Playing Set

I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go. Philip Treacy

World Design Promote Over Go Irish Representative Wherever Century

The Danes and the Irish have a great simpatico, that's for sure. Pierce Brosnan

Great Sure Irish

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want. Rashida Jones

Black Community Part Because Cherokee Cultural Irish Any Going Want Racial Many Lucky Float Things Portuguese Jewish

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us. Regina Brett

Me Like Catholic Am Irish Just Being Ingrained Us Who

At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again. Robbie Keane

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics. Robert Vaughn

Long Staunch Long Line Come Catholics Line Irish

I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late. Robert Vaughn

Man Single Late Marry Rather Until Single Man Irish Actually

Ireland never lacked the capacity to feed its people. During the entire 'great famine,' the island continued to produce massive amounts of beef and grain. The Irish just couldn't afford to buy any of it due to the enforcement of rack-renting, high taxation, and suppression of manufactures. Robert Zubrin

Buy Great People High Entire Never Feed Massive Suppression Island Due Beef Continue Ireland Irish Afford Any Just Famine Grain Taxation Capacity Produce Enforcement Amount

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. Roddy Doyle

You Speak World Pay Think Universe Kid Admittedly Case Outside Outside World Attention Although Because Ireland Irish Any Anymore Wanted Gaelic Happening Center Really Games Played

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. Roddy Doyle

Problem Burden Back Having Irish Times Being The Problem With Your

I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because I'm Irish, but it is where I'm from. I'm extremely proud to be Irish. Roisin Murphy

Me People Think Extremely Say Embrace Embraced Obviously Because Proud Ireland Irish Just Where Just Because Really

When I go home, I go to my house in the countryside. I don't hang out in Dublin. I go home to be with my family and have a rest and so on. I don't know anything about the Irish music scene, and I've never felt part of it. Roisin Murphy

Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers in as many different accents as I could manage. I started with one that I didn't think would alert any suspicion - generic Asian - then moved on to Irish, Welsh, Australian and American. Romesh Ranganathan

Think Later Would Boredom Tackled Supermarket Could Generic Accents Talking Welsh Years Australian Irish American Manage Any Moved Suspicion Moved On Different Asian Customers Then Working Many Started Alert

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