Quotes about Irish Catholic

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. Votes: 4

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt. Votes: 4

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. Votes: 4

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue. Votes: 4

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American. Votes: 4

I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big. Votes: 4

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. Votes: 4

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. Votes: 4

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. Votes: 4

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. Votes: 4

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day. Votes: 4

From the year of his birth in 1914 until the outbreak of war in 1941, my father lived in a mostly white, mostly working-class, mostly Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Votes: 4

I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a sin as long as you don't take pleasure from it. Votes: 4

I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family. Votes: 4

For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic. Votes: 4

In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?' Votes: 4

I'm not sure I would make a direct connection between having press attention as a young person and being interested in the media as an older person. I came to it more organically, coming from a family of Irish Catholic storytellers. Storytelling is a pastime and important part of my family's history and culture. Votes: 4

I was born into an Irish Catholic family in the New York area in this great, wonderful, and safe country, but the Holocaust has always haunted me, and it has long stood as a stumbling block to faith. How could such a thing be? How is that consistent with the concept of a loving God? Votes: 4

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics. Votes: 3

I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line. Votes: 3

I grew up Irish Catholic with a bunch of kids at Catholic school. Votes: 3

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary ... Votes: 3

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow. Votes: 3

My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside. Votes: 3

I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents. Votes: 3

And I'm a Catholic, from an Irish Catholic family, and we know plenty of stuff about guilt. Votes: 3

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old. Votes: 3

My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex. Votes: 3

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Votes: 3

I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym. Votes: 2

I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly. Votes: 0

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian. Votes: 0

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check. Votes: 0

Every Irish person of my generation and earlier, we were raised Catholic and we'd have to learn it in school, we'd to learn the catechism by rote. Votes: 0

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: 0

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: 0

I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's alcoholism in my family. It's like I've got to be Catholic, right? Votes: 0