Quotes about Ireland

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. Votes: 6

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift. Votes: 6

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? Votes: 6

Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry. Votes: 4

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick. Votes: 4

Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible. Votes: 4

In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs. Votes: 4

You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer. Votes: 4

In Ireland, I don't get asked out much. English boys are a lot more flirty. Votes: 4

I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world. Votes: 4

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine. Votes: 4

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. Votes: 4

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full. Votes: 4

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. Votes: 4

Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation. Votes: 4

We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm. Votes: 4

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. Votes: 4

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart. Votes: 4

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over! Votes: 4

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either. Votes: 4

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. Votes: 4

No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove. Votes: 4

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse. Votes: 4

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible Votes: 4

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking. Votes: 4

I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland. Votes: 4

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems. Votes: 4

I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to do it in an exciting way so that I could reach more readers. Zombies seemed like a good way to do that. Votes: 4

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. Votes: 4

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity. Votes: 4

Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise. Votes: 4

Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips. Votes: 4

I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots... I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be. Votes: 4

Growing up in Ireland, when my family received important news, good or bad, we would boil water and make tea. It was the first thing I did when my father died in 1984. This ritual allowed me a moment to take in the enormity of what had happened. Votes: 4

Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey. Votes: 4

Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one. Votes: 4

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends. Votes: 4

Ireland need fresh impotence. Votes: 3

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff. Votes: 3

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace Votes: 3

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam. Votes: 3

Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland. Votes: 3

I love to go to Ireland just to relax. Votes: 3

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow. Votes: 3

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland Votes: 3

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland. Votes: 3

There are kings on every other bush in Ireland. Votes: 3

What Ireland needs now above all else is peace. Votes: 3

Ireland's just a place...people go there all the time. Votes: 3

Jonny Evans plays sort of international football with Northern Ireland Votes: 3

Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor? Votes: 3

Ireland, Ireland. That cloud in the west, that coming storm. Votes: 3

There's never going to be a united Ireland, you know. Votes: 3

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body. Votes: 3

Ireland is but an island off the coast of Cape Clear. Votes: 3

In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry. Votes: 3

Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland ... Votes: 3

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish. Votes: 3

Unification is less important than the fact Ireland is now conflict-free. Votes: 3

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies. Votes: 3

Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions. Votes: 3

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We're reared tough, and we fight. Votes: 3

Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic. Votes: 3

Ireland is a great country to die or be married in. Votes: 3

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse. Votes: 3

I can't say enough about Ireland. I can't. I'd move there. Votes: 3

I've never been to Ireland and I've always wanted to go. Votes: 3

Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy. Votes: 3

Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland. Votes: 3

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff Votes: 3

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland. Votes: 3

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control. Votes: 3

Romantic Ireland's dead and goneIt's with O' Leary in the grave(September 1913) Votes: 3

I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland. Votes: 3

Your name is Sanchez, what are you doing playing for Northern Ireland? Votes: 3

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond. Votes: 3

It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion. Votes: 3

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European. Votes: 3

Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land. Votes: 3

To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland. Votes: 3

I believe that those who die for Ireland have no need for prayer Votes: 3

I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog. Votes: 3

I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland. Votes: 3

I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland. Votes: 3

I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful. Votes: 3

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong. Votes: 3

I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite Votes: 3

...I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk... Votes: 3

Greece is at a dangerous crossroads. Other countries-Portugal, Ireland, maybe Spain-are coming behind it. Votes: 3

The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights. Votes: 3

Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away. Votes: 3

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way. Votes: 3

What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation. Votes: 3

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother. Votes: 3

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland Votes: 3

Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here. Votes: 3

Oh Ireland my first and only love Where Christ and Caesar are hand in glove! Votes: 3

I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country. Votes: 3

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987 Votes: 3

Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that. Votes: 3

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. Votes: 3

Ireland regards sex, when she regards it at all, with an entirely primitive and practical eye. Votes: 3

Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day. Votes: 3

Ireland is a small but insuppressible island half an hour nearer the sunset than Great Britain. Votes: 3

Iran, Ireland, Israel. That's three countries, four religions that HATE each other. Way to go, 'I'. Votes: 3

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. Votes: 3

It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland. Votes: 3

There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station. Votes: 3

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America. Votes: 3

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely. Votes: 3

When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me. Votes: 3

Northern Ireland is part of Ireland, not Britain, as can clearly be seen from aerial photographs. Votes: 3

The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland. Votes: 3

The English imposed their language on Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and they weren't terribly nice about it. Votes: 3

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more. Votes: 3

Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets. Votes: 3

If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country. Votes: 3

People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous. Votes: 3

There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids. Votes: 3

Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland. Votes: 3

The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro. Votes: 3

We dont vote in Northern Ireland for what we want, we vote against what we dont want. Votes: 3

I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland! Votes: 3

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent. Votes: 3

My only counsel to Ireland is that in order to become deeply Irish, she must become European. Votes: 3

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears. Votes: 3

In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish. Votes: 3

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system. Votes: 3

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians. Votes: 3

I know tolerably well what Ireland was, but have a very imperfect idea of what Ireland is. Votes: 3

The best thing for them to do (Ireland) is to stay at 0-0 until they score the goal. Votes: 3

Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O. Votes: 3

In the vast majority of cases the secret society symbolism hearkens from two places - Ireland and Egypt. Votes: 3

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation. Votes: 3

In Ireland there's no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others) Votes: 3

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues. Votes: 3

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U. Votes: 3

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights. Votes: 3

I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin. Votes: 3

My wife and I went on vacation to get away. I went to Colorado, and she went to Ireland. Votes: 3

If I knew I could never come back to Ireland, to England, I think I'd fall off the tree. Votes: 3

I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway. Votes: 3

When the Internet arrived in Ireland... it was like having Amsterdam's Red Light District in your own living room. Votes: 3

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour Votes: 3

For men were born to pray and save: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave. Votes: 3

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery. Votes: 3

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. Votes: 3

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process. Votes: 3

We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century Votes: 3

I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland. Votes: 3

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be. Votes: 3

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination. Votes: 3

I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin. Votes: 3

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really. Votes: 3

I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home. Votes: 3

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger - my anger. It wasn't anger; it was fury. Votes: 3

There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality. Votes: 3

I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific. Votes: 3

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule. Votes: 3

I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me. Votes: 3

It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness. Votes: 3

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Votes: 3

It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really cozy. Votes: 3

That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice. Votes: 3

Ireland really is my problem; the breaking point of the huge suppuration which all British and all European society now is Votes: 3

The british govt has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland ,never can have any right in Ireland Votes: 3

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion. Votes: 3

The flight I'm most excited about is the one that takes me back to Northern Ireland to visit family and friends. Votes: 3

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone." Votes: 3

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone. Votes: 3

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping. Votes: 3

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure. Votes: 3

Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. Votes: 3

The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy Votes: 3

In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out. Votes: 3

I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really. Votes: 3

What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar. Votes: 3

One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear. Votes: 3

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability. Votes: 3

I've lived in the UK for longer than I lived in Ireland. I'm not worried about myself, but it's ridiculous for youngsters. Votes: 3

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. Votes: 3

Out of Ireland have we come. Great hatred, little room,Maimed us at the start.I carry from my mother's wombA fanatic heart. Votes: 3

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. Votes: 3

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. Votes: 3

History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it? Votes: 3

More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined. Votes: 3

Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of me. Votes: 3

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally. Votes: 3

Home in Ireland, I went to Collins Barracks and spent some time wandering around, making notes on the various guns, knives and swords. Votes: 3

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled. Votes: 3

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland. Votes: 3

The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line. Votes: 3

Many other cultures value poetry more than we do. In Ireland, poetry is a top cultural pursuit, the art to end all arts. Votes: 3

According to a brand new report, alcohol abuse in Ireland is on the rise. Mainly because the guy who didn't drink now does. Votes: 3

It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues. Votes: 3

Fairies in Ireland are sometimes as big as we are, sometimes bigger, and sometimes, as I have been told, about three feet high. Votes: 3

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from. Votes: 3

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. Votes: 3

I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland. Votes: 3

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. Votes: 3

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. Votes: 3

I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year. Votes: 3

I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into. Votes: 3

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off Votes: 3

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition. Votes: 3

I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland. Votes: 3

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't have anything left. Votes: 3

I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it. Votes: 3

I believe that the Union Flag should change now to reflect the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales Votes: 3

I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented Votes: 3

The scholars of Ireland seem not to have the least conception of style, but run on in a flat phraseology, often mingled with barbarous terms. Votes: 3

Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off Votes: 3

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace. Votes: 3

My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche. Votes: 3

It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it. Votes: 3

For the young Gaels of Ireland Are the lads that drive me mad, For half their words need footnotes And half their rhymes are bad. Votes: 3

My relationship to all my family in Ireland is more to family as a whole. It wasn't that we had a very specific one-on-one relationship. Votes: 3

William Congreve is the only sophisticated playwright England has produced; and like Shaw, Sheridan, and Wilde, his nearest rivals, he was brought up in Ireland. Votes: 3

Where issues used to be, say, parochial or local in Ireland or England and so forth, all politics is global now because all business is global. Votes: 3

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated. Votes: 3

England was never my home. I had a home there but Dublin is my home so leaving Ireland was the hardest thing I had to do. Votes: 3

Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century. Votes: 3

I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well away from the Troubles. Votes: 3

My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land. Votes: 3

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport. Votes: 3

We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years. Votes: 3

The prime minister of Ireland will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the White House. So finally the Secret Service agents will have a drinking buddy. Votes: 3

Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to. Votes: 3

The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland. Votes: 3

There are fewer and fewer Jews in Ireland, but we still have one of the most famous Jewish characters in literary history, of course, in Leopold Bloom. Votes: 3

The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free. Votes: 3

The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish. Votes: 3

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China. Votes: 3

Loyalism, or Unionism, or Protestantism, or whatever you want to call it, in Northern Ireland - it operates not as a class system, but a caste system. Votes: 3

One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ. And they do! Votes: 3

I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm. Votes: 3

In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining. Votes: 3

My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York. Votes: 3

Ireland starts for me with the end of The Dead, which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind. Votes: 3

When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them. Votes: 3

My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back. Votes: 3

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland Votes: 3

It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas. Votes: 3

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind. Votes: 3

I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people. Votes: 3

I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House Votes: 3

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead. Votes: 3

My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally. Votes: 3

Ireland is not in a good place at the moment. We have our own humiliation of losing our economic sovereignty, and we're now regaining it slowly and painfully. Votes: 3

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. Votes: 3

Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question. Votes: 3

Floral emblems have been often adopted. The houses of York and Lancaster had their roses, the Bourbons of France, the fleur-de-lis, Scotland her thistle, and Ireland her shamrock. Votes: 3

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school. Votes: 3

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. Votes: 3

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it. Votes: 3

It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time. Votes: 3

When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented. Votes: 3

I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a goddess, very visual, the music. Votes: 3

The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out. Votes: 3

I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we saw between Ireland and England last Sunday. Votes: 3

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place Votes: 3

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed Votes: 3

St. Patrick's Day is a holy day for Roman Catholics in Ireland to pray and a day for drunk people to vomit with their pants down in New Jersey. Votes: 3

I'm sure there's a hell of a party in Ireland now and I know I don't have anything to do for two-and-a-half days so I'm going to party on Votes: 3

My grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. Votes: 3

The legend goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. I was thinking... that must be hard to put all the tiny seatbelts on all the snakes. Votes: 3

Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level. Votes: 3

Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level Votes: 3

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place. Votes: 3

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people. Votes: 3

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous. Votes: 3

One thing we do know is that mass literacy is a product of the 19th century, at least in English-speaking cultures - Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, and the U. S. Votes: 3

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. ... The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism. Votes: 3

When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But in the real world that isn't the choice. Votes: 3

I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like. Votes: 3

Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity crisis which afflicts the population of the country. Votes: 3

In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen. Votes: 3

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true. Votes: 3

You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win by a better deed. Votes: 3

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that. Votes: 3

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict. Votes: 3

The 1916 uprising was kind of the most important rebellion in Ireland's fight for independence that had been going on for 700 years. So it's a very important moment in history for us. Votes: 3

I always tell people, you know, [J.F.Kennedy's] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I could someday try do what he did. Votes: 3

It is nothing, to give one’s life for Ireland. I’m not the first and maybe I won’t be the last. What’s my life compared with the cause? Votes: 3

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way. Votes: 3

I'm in my dressing room about to play to a sold-out crowd at the O2 arena in Ireland. Name a female rapper who's ever done that and I will give you $100,000. Votes: 3

In Ireland, there are the same fossils, the same shells and the same sea bodies, as appear in America, and some of them are found in no other part of Europe. Votes: 3

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture. Votes: 3

If you set your story in Rome, Ireland or Sheboygan, for that matter, go there. If you're broke, set it in the town where you live, or where you grew up. Votes: 3

We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it. Votes: 3

As to the old history of Ireland, the first man ever died in Ireland was Partholan, and he is buried, and his greyhound along with him, at some place in Kerry. Votes: 3

I love to travel the world. My husband and I always travel and everywhere we go I've been to Italy, of course London, Ireland, and you just receive so much love. Votes: 3

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that just charms the socks off of people. Votes: 3

I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served, and for which I believe I have sacrificed my life. Votes: 3

Someone in Ireland asked me how many Republican poets there were in the U.S., and I thought maybe two. Maybe there are 10,000 poets, and maybe there are two Republicans among them. Votes: 3

I was walking across King's Cross station when a drunken Irishman came stumbling up and flung his arms around me. He wanted to thank me for the peace process in Northern Ireland. Votes: 3

Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War. Votes: 3

When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive. Votes: 3

A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland? Votes: 3

That's how vile i am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish! Votes: 3

...early medieval Ireland sounds like a somewhat crazed Wisconsin, in which every dairy farm is an armed camp at perpetual war with its neighbors, and every farmer claims he is a king. Votes: 3

Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death. Votes: 3

I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so. Votes: 3

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. Votes: 3

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson. Votes: 3

The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse. Votes: 3

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. Votes: 3

There is more talent per square metre in Ireland than there is anywhere else. We just don't harness or help them ... the radio stations prefer to support the likes of Rihanna and Beyonce. Votes: 3

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company. Votes: 3

Internet marketing, Web Designing and Development all link with each other and for a perfect online business one must have perfect services and Heaven Tree Designs, Ireland based company have gained this reputation. Votes: 3

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous. Votes: 3

More people died as a result of the tiny abortive Easter Uprising against British rule in Ireland (1916) than died as a result of political violence in Germany during the entire National Socialist revolution. Votes: 3

By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and India, and are now poisoning and enslaving the Chinese people. Votes: 3

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. Votes: 3

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired. Votes: 3

Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them. Tunes for dancing or for weeping, for battle or for love. Votes: 3

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system. Votes: 3

I knew I was going to lose my house in Ireland and all the other properties. It's all gone. But my house was the one material thing that was very important to me. Votes: 3

I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic. Votes: 3

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired. Votes: 3

What I discovered all over Ireland is that people living simple lives by the sea or in the remote countryside seem a lot calmer than city folk with their iPads and their Android phones. Votes: 3

The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless, and for the minority living there, change had been long overdue. Votes: 3

I must say that though other days may not be so bright, as we look toward the future, that the brightest days will continue to be those we spent with you here in Ireland. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is, and he would have done other things but that he died young. Votes: 3

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side. Votes: 3

My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving. Votes: 3

Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?" Keith asked... "you all think you're Irish. What's the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a leprechaun... Votes: 3

Up the Rebels, To Hell with the Pope, And God Save--as you prefer--the King or Ireland. The land of scholars and saints: Scholars and saints my eye, the land of ambush, Purblind manifestoes, never-ending complaints Votes: 3

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations. Votes: 3

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to. Votes: 3

I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll. Votes: 3

I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university. Votes: 3

...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. Votes: 3

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. Votes: 3

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town. Votes: 3

The reality is that the nationalist community in Northern Ireland were treated almost like animals by the unionist community. They were not treated like human beings. It was like the Nazis treatment of the Jews. Votes: 3

My father was from Northern Ireland, and coming from somewhere like that, your faith defines you. That's something we don't really understand outside Northern Ireland, but because of my parents and grandparents, I've experienced it. Votes: 3

It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland. Votes: 3

Many times man lives and dies Betweeen his two eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient Ireland knew it all. Whether man die in his bed Or the rifle knocks him dead Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since. Votes: 3

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date Votes: 3

Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible. Votes: 3

I heard you went to Ireland...I haven't seen it in many years. Is it still green then, and beautiful?Wet as a bath sponge and mud to the knees but, aye, it was green enough. Votes: 3

My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories of immigration helped me understand more about my characters in 'The Lemon Orchard.' Votes: 3

Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. Votes: 3

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine. Votes: 3

I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong. Votes: 3

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor. Votes: 3

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality.... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor. Votes: 3

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date. Votes: 3

There are too many coming from different countries. When we started, foreign players were in the minority. All the best players from Spain, France, Brazil, Argentina are going to England. And Ireland is bound to suffer. Votes: 3

Most of the songs came from Europe and Africa and now they were coming back to us. Many of [Bob] Dylan's best songs came from Scotland, Ireland or England. It was a sort of cultural exchange. Votes: 3

My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me. Votes: 3

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do. Votes: 3

I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didnt know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that beyond became internalized in our psyche. Votes: 3

We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have not got, we are possessed of a most futile and diverting cleverness. Votes: 3

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue of political violence because that was the story since I was 19 years old or 20. Votes: 3

The old Victorian laws against homosexuality were still on the statute books until the early 1990s. As a gay man living in Ireland, I and people like me found it easy to feel less than citizens. Votes: 3

When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad. Votes: 3

A harrassed and dubious childhood under the hand of a well-meaning but barbarous mother's help from County Armagh led me to think of the North of Ireland as prison and the South as a land of escape. Votes: 3

Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA's prospects for success through political channels have always been limited. Votes: 3

I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are. Votes: 3

I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here. Votes: 3

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland. Votes: 3

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it. Votes: 3

Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. Votes: 3

There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always felt it's interesting to play there. Maybe they just drink more than anybody else. Votes: 3

My dear boy, in Ireland the midwife uses one hand to hold the baby's best fighting arm from the font water, and grips its jaws with the other lest the goes to litigation about it. Says O'LiamRoe Votes: 3

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film. Votes: 3

In Ireland every place you visit and every person you meet has a story. And they love to tell you their stories. Everyone is interested in everything; in a land of storytellers, you will never be bored. Votes: 3

Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners. Votes: 3

Roughly 1 in 6 Americans have Irish blood. I'd say it's probably safe to assume that the average Irish-American who only comes out on St. Patrick's Day has no idea of the sort of economic powerhouse Ireland has become. Votes: 3

It is in that English Parliament the chains for Ireland are forged, and any Irish patriot who goes into that forge to free Ireland will soon find himself welded into the agency of his country's subjection to England. Votes: 3

The basis on which the Good Friday agreement was constructed was in addressing those problems in the history of Northern Ireland, the social and constitutional problems as well as the military problems that have been unaddressed for centuries. Votes: 3

The shot Irishmen will now take their places beside Emmet and the Manchester Martyrs in Ireland, and beside the heroes of Poland and Sérbia and Belgium in Europe; and nothing in heaven or earth can prevent it. Votes: 3

I joined the British Army because she stood between Ireland and an enemy common to our civilization, and I would not have her (Britain) say that she defended us while we did nothing at home but pass resolutions. Votes: 3

J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has amazing insights which other people missed out on. Even with his descriptions of Northern Ireland. Votes: 3

In the Middle East, Iraq , Sudan , the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world , religion has been so divisive that people have killed one another, believing they were doing the work of God . Votes: 3

Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra' like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place. Votes: 3

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? Votes: 3

At this moment, when Ireland seems about to break into something new, we thought it was worth looking back at a time when people seemed to have found a way out of the sectarian division of the country. Votes: 3

The master says it's a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it's a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there's anyone in the world who would like us to live. Votes: 3

For the plain people of Ireland... If your car's got a puncture, and you know its got a puncture and its still got a puncture after two weeks, then you don't know how how to change a tyre. Votes: 3

If Irish or Italian culture dies in America it really isn't that big a deal. They will still exist in Italy and Ireland. Not so with us. There is no other place. North America is our old country. Votes: 3

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland. Votes: 3

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs. Votes: 3

We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just. Votes: 3

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland. Votes: 3

I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a horrible experience with the English Protestant police, I lost all taste for formal religion. Votes: 3

I've got an Avalon guitar - that's the company that used to be Lowden. They come out of Ireland, and they're like these folk kind of guitars. You can pick 'em, you can strum 'em - they're quite good. Votes: 3

I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't. Votes: 3

There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with the greatest status is the person who had the most horrible thing happen to them most recently. Votes: 3

I committed a cardinal sin as a kid. I never spoke, and my mother thought there was something seriously wrong with me. A silent child is regarded as a problem in Ireland, and I just read all the time. Votes: 3

I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history. Votes: 3

I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't." Votes: 3

Generations will continue to meet the same fate unless the perennial oppressor-Britain-is removed, for she will unashamedly and mercilessly continue to maintain her occupation and economic exploitation of Ireland to judgment day, if she is not halted and ejected. Votes: 3

To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views. Votes: 3

Look around at the countries of Europe, and you'll find that practically all of them have pasts that are just as tragic as Ireland's, yet the people seem able to find some creative way at moving into the future. Votes: 3

Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second generation Irish or even with no connection to Ireland, you should visit in 2013 for a unique experience. Votes: 3

I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand. Votes: 3

When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it! Votes: 3

In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war. Votes: 3

I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why not? My dad's view of New York is very similar to Americans' when they talk about Ireland. Votes: 3

I lived in London in 1965 and 1972. I love it there and I'm always very creative in that vibe. Would love to live for awhile in Scotland/Ireland and Britain. Great appreciation there for the folk scene and song crafting. Votes: 3

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for the Assembly and Executive to be up and running and the people's business to be addressed. Votes: 3

Coming from Ireland, it's quite hard to do a startup because you're culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, it's much easier. It's the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood. Votes: 3

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned. Votes: 3

We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show. Votes: 3

It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States. Votes: 3

Coming from Ireland, its quite hard to do a startup because youre culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, its much easier. Its the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood. Votes: 3

When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I went way out to the west coast of Ireland and rented a little house by myself. Votes: 3

But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing - a free and independent Republic. Votes: 3

Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried. Votes: 3

The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the United States even as they begin negotiating their ongoing relationship to ensure continued stability, security and prosperity for Europe, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the world. Votes: 3

On my Wikipedia page, it used to say I was born in Belfast, Ireland, then it said Belfast, Northern Ireland, and then it said Belfast, U.K. So there was a little war going on about where Belfast is located. Votes: 3

What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.' Votes: 3

Come, fix upon me that accusing eye. I thirst for accusation. All that was sung. All that was said in Ireland is a lie Breed out of the contagion of the throng, Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die. Votes: 3

Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China. Votes: 3

My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago. Votes: 3

I'm not a comic person at all. It never reached me in the north of Ireland, in the '60s and '70s growing up. We used to get stupid comics like 'The Topper' and 'The Beezer,' things like that. Votes: 3

I grew up in New England at the edge of the Atlantic and have for many years been an avid rower. I've rowed in various places, including the Ganges in India, the River Shannon in Ireland, and the Sea of Galilee. Votes: 3

Everybody gets too drunk sometimes; and even if everybody didn't, I have gotten too drunk sometimes. I haven't hurt anybody. In Ireland we drink a lot. It's part of our culture. I like drinking. I don't think it's a bad thing. Votes: 3

My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland, where my father - well, both of them - will always be seen as having come from somewhere else. Votes: 3

I have had people come to the site from all over the world. The US and Canada predominantly, but also Brazil and South Africa and Greece and Indonesia and Hong Kong and Ireland and Argentina and Spain and Israel and Australia. Votes: 3

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence." Votes: 3

I can tell you why I like different countries. Ireland - some of the funniest heckles I've ever gotten. And the last time I did England I did Bristol, Manchester, and then London. The whole country is just amazing to drive through. Votes: 3

I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book. Votes: 3

I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty. Votes: 3

Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record. Votes: 3

Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record. Votes: 3

I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem. Votes: 3

How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write. Votes: 3

So does nobody care about Ireland?Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James. He nodded thoughtfully. The fate of Ireland will be decided by men not a single one of whom gives a damn about her. That is her tragedy. Votes: 3

Northern Ireland still suffers from its past, and it will take generations to escape sectarianism and for violence to end totally. Nonetheless, it is in a different place now than during the Troubles, and it will not go back to the old days. Votes: 3

So does nobody care about Ireland?""Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully. "The fate of Ireland will be decided by men not a single one of whom gives a damn about her. That is her tragedy. Votes: 3

My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland. Votes: 3

History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background. Votes: 3

I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar. It was something that I couldn't get away from when I was younger: guitars played in shops and parties, just everywhere. Votes: 3

In Egypt the staff was rendered as a shepherd's crook that was a symbol for the pharaohs, the Druids of Egypt. The pharaohs wore the serpent on their headgear and the serpent was the symbol of the Magi of Ireland, the Naddreds, or Druids. Votes: 3

When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it. Votes: 3

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland. Votes: 3

We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and very grey and my parents wanted to have countryside around for my sister and I to grow up in. Votes: 3

No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse. Votes: 3

Ireland still remains the Holy Isle whose aspirations must on no account be mixed with the profane class-struggles of the rest of the sinful world ... the Irish peasant must not on any account know that the Socialist workers are his sole allies in Europe. Votes: 3

I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it. Votes: 3

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity." Votes: 3

That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson. Votes: 3

I really want to go to Ireland. It's really green I hear and very pretty. So I'd really like to go there and spend a nice amount of time because I always travel but for like a second. I never get to enjoy the places. Votes: 3

If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if I am a writer. Believe me, there are days when I have my doubts. Votes: 3

DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion. The latter was a native of Ireland, its name being pronounced Terry Dactyl or Peter O'Dactyl, as the man pronouncing it may chance to have heard it spoken or seen it printed. Votes: 3

I am not in the business of pointing fingers or making excuses. However, recent history has shown that I, like thousands of others in Ireland, incorrectly relied upon the persons who guided Anglo and who wrongfully sought to portray a 'blue chip' Irish banking sector. Votes: 3

I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really boring afternoon. I sincerely like Jay, but I wouldn't want his job, because I'd have to interview Kathy Ireland, and there's nothing there I'd want to know. Votes: 3

We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field on this mega stage. It was a little distracting. It was hard to keep track of what I was supposed to sing. Votes: 3

My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming. Votes: 3

Each poet probably has his or her own cupboard of magnets. For some, it is cars; for others, works of art, or certain patterns of form or sound; for others, certain stories or places, Philip Levine's Detroit, Gwendolyn Brooks's Chicago, Seamus Heaney's time-tunneled, familied Ireland. Votes: 3

Packing is important because a lot of times I have to go places where I have to be in four different climates in three weeks. For example, Bosnia, Ireland, Rome. Different parts of Italy. You have to pack and get it down to a science. Votes: 3

We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be doing it in Belfast tomorrow. This is an entirely new era, in which criminal justice now exercised on an equal basis, not the old basis in which community division was a feature. Votes: 3

When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice. Votes: 3

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity. Votes: 3

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity Votes: 3

The British leadership has acknowledged that it only became possible to end the violence in North Ireland when it stopped thinking of the [Irish Republican Army] as "a terrorist organization" and began treating it as a political actor with genuine grievances that deserved to be addressed. Votes: 3

An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest would make the peoples of these two islands, if both independent, the closest possible allies in a moment of real national danger to either. Votes: 3

Weddings and funerals have so much in common (except that in Ireland funerals are more fun - better food, better drink): at both, our senses are sharpened and we register much more than usual - a striking face or hair-do, the wind's behaviour, a bird singing. Votes: 3

Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state? Votes: 3

Up in the north of Scotland, a lot of the villages are completely Viking names. A lot of Vikings came down and settled in Scotland and in Ireland. And a lot of them didn't, but they took plenty of us with them - mostly the chicks. Votes: 3

The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get shared government back in business, that is my objective, and we await the IRA statement to see if this will trigger a new dawn. Votes: 3

I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman Votes: 3

Our view is that we would want to see the situation in Ireland resolved, but we do not intervene in that situation for tactical reasons. Our view is commonly known that imperialism wherever it is must be fought and that justice must be done in Ireland. Votes: 3

I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually. Votes: 3

As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal. Votes: 3

Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion. Votes: 3

I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore. Votes: 3

I spent a day in a neck brace on a hospital trolley after falling from a horse and cart in Ireland. All the nurses thought I was a traveler, which made me laugh. Who else comes into a hospital saying they've fallen off a horse and cart? Votes: 3

Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine. Votes: 3

My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no grand plan. Votes: 3

However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by Irish men and women, sovereign and independent from the centre to the sea, and flying its own flag outward over all the oceans. Votes: 3

I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be. Votes: 3

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players. Votes: 3

I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory is very much the Republic of Ireland rather than the North. Even though, if I wrote a novel about the North, it might sell more. Votes: 3

My parents were Northern Ireland Labour party people. We read the 'Guardian' and the 'New Statesman,' listened to the BBC. The house was full of books. We didn't get a television until 'That Was The Week That Was' started. There was nothing to do but read. Votes: 3

I went to Cork, Ireland, and stood on the dock some of my ancestors had left from. I felt their ghosts gather round me, and I cried to imagine what it must have felt like - leaving that beautiful land and those beloved people, knowing it was forever. Votes: 3

My mother was one of the most beautiful women, I have to say, of her generation. She was absolutely lovely. She was a very, extremely sensitive, Irish actress. She came from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and she came to London, and she was sort of discovered by several people. Votes: 3

In an environment where everybody's jersey is up for grabs, like what Joe Schmidt is currently doing with Ireland in rugby, a massive competitive environment is created every night at training, every day in the gym and every day, believe it or not, in the tactical computer room. Votes: 3

For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to all sorts of incidents that, if taken together, add up to a war - bombings, assassinations, riots, shootings, robberies, jailbreaks, kidnappings, and sieges. Votes: 3

There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically. Votes: 3

The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa). Votes: 3

As a citizen of Ireland I have more sovereignty over our government. Because citizens now have more ways of holding the Irish government to account, not just under Irish constitutional law, but under the European system, at Strasbourg and Brussels. This, I believe, is the benefit for individual citizens. Votes: 3

I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It's not deliberate: it's what makes me laugh, and there's a fine tradition of it, especially in Ireland. Votes: 3

It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere I spoke and still cannot comprehend the mentality that argues that I should have pretended not to see them, because it wasn't my business. Votes: 3

It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before. Votes: 3

The field was even greener than my boy's mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said the grass there was plenty green all right, but that not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field. Votes: 3

It wasn't that I didn't feel like sharing. Mostly I just figured they couldn't do anything about it, so there was no point in worrying them. I said, 'A wee little bit,' instead, in honor of being in Ireland, where one adjective was never enough if three would do. Votes: 3

Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as those with responsibility for investigating such allegations and that any Church investigation should not take place until the investigation by the civil authorities has been completed. Votes: 3

The mission statement of my company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide, is to find solutions for families, especially busy moms. I'm reaching out to busy moms because that's what I am. That's what I know, and I know this woman has been underserved. Votes: 3

We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence. Votes: 2

They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon. Votes: 2

I don't hate redheads! The millionaire men - wealthy men - never pick them. Every time I offer them they say no. I could say the most gorgeous redhead in the world and they'll say no, they don't want it. Now if you ask an Irish guy in Ireland, he says 'yes,' because that's indigenous to that country. Votes: 2