Ireland And The Irish Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin, Edna O’Brien, Seamus Heaney, Gerry Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Jonathan Swift and many others.
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I’m talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I’ve hugged trees in every part of this little island.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
May you live all the days of your life.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.
I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.
Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.
Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England – Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.
When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step.
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 it by a better deed.
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
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.
