“ A lot of real Chicago lives in the neighborhood taverns. It is the mixed German and Irish and Polish gift to the city, a bit of the old country grafted into a strong new plant in the new. ”
- Bill Granger- Copy
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“ The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. ”
- Oliver Herford- Copy
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“ I was keen on sports-that's how my nose got this way. It's not actually broken; the nose was just pushed up a little bit and moved over. It's an aquiline nose, quite Irish. ”
- John Hurt- Copy
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“ I believe for example that the character of the people has deteriorated in the east of the County Leitrim and in the County Lonford, where Irish died out a generation ago. ”
- Douglas Hyde- Copy
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“ It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish. ”
- Douglas Hyde- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing. ”
- Michael Flatley- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. ”
- Alex Levine- Copy
- 2.7K
“ St. Patrick… one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish. ”
- Charles M. Madigan- Copy
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“ I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is. ”
- Gregory Peck- Copy
- 1.2K
“ It's a loser's emblem because the Nazis lost the war. It's ridiculous to suggest we are involved with fascists. All my best friends are black, gay, Irish or criminals. ”
- John Lydon Rotten- Copy
- 2.6K
“ I can envision a small cottage somewhere, with a lot of writing paper, and a dog, and a fireplace and maybe enough money to give myself some Irish coffee now and then and entertain my two friends. ”
- Richard Van de Geer- Copy
- 3K
“ Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. ”
- W. B. Yeats- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. ”
- Brendan Behan- Copy
- 2.6K
“ I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. ”
- Iris Murdoch- Copy
- 3.4K
“ The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check. ”
- Edward Burns- Copy
- 1.8K
“ 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. ”
- James Cagney- Copy
- 2.9K
“ We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny. ”
- Will Eisner- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me. ”
- Colin Farrell- Copy
- 2.3K
“ In a study, scientists report that drinking beer can be good for the liver. I'm sorry, did I say scientists? I meant Irish people. ”
- Tina Fey- Copy
- 1.7K
“ I'd say that Catholicism in the United States has the distinct advantage of being in a pluralistic society, where your religion contributes something to your identity. So you tend to define yourself as a Catholic. I'm Irish, Catholic, a Democrat from the West Side of Chicago, and that's pretty much my identity. ”
- Andrew Greeley- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Well, the Irish aren't much into showing affection. There was crisis when we were wiped out in the Depression and my father went into the gloom. But surely in the years when I was an adolescent during the war years, there was, I would say, a rebirth of affection there. ”
- Andrew Greeley- Copy
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