Irish Quotes

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

Bradley Cooper
- Up
- Family
- Catholic
The history of the Welsh, the Irish, the Highlanders, is just the same as that of the Gauls, one of internecine feud, no political cohesion, no capacity for merging private interests, forgetting private grudges for a patriotic cause.

Sabine Baring-Gould
- History
- Political
- Same

My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.

Kate Walsh
- Family
- Mother
- Dad
My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

David Johansen
- Mother
- Father
- Irish
I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

Jason O'Mara
For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.

Liam Neeson
- Game
- Education
- Rejection
It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people.

John Bright
- People
- True
- Small
The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

Flann O'Brien
- Professional
- Sense
- Irish