Irish Quotes
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I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be recognized, and you wouldn't have peace without them.
Peter T. King
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I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
Edward Burns
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I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.
Colin Firth
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I've always been fond of my heritage, particularly my Irish heritage. But I'm also from all over the world.
Eugene Simon
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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.
John Hume
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I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight.
Eddie Alvarez
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I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still so curious about the bigger world. It's grand to be alive in a time when mobility is so accessible.
Stuart Townsend
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The rain whispered down, soft as the touch of cobwebs, shrouding the green of the land in swathes of clinging grey. Maude had grown accustomed to the damp climate, to the clouds that constantly swept in, heavy and moist, off the Irish Sea. She had become used to hearing the soft, guttural tongue of the native Gaels in place of French and the stretched vowels of the English; to feeling as if she was living on the edge of the world, where the seasons moved, but time stood still. And always it rained.
Elizabeth Chadwick
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If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling.
Coco Rocha
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My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
Mariah Carey
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The Irish are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.
Margaret Mitchell
