Ireland Quotes

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.

My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York.

I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off

I've lived in the UK for longer than I lived in Ireland. I'm not worried about myself, but it's ridiculous for youngsters.

For the plain people of Ireland... If your car's got a puncture, and you know its got a puncture and its still got a puncture after two weeks, then you don't know how how to change a tyre.

When John (Giles) was manager of Ireland, much as he loved me, he still dropped me.

England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.

I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!

I've never been to Ireland and I've always wanted to go.

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor?

In Ireland, I don't get asked out much. English boys are a lot more flirty.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.

I believe that the Union Flag should change now to reflect the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land.

In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.

We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.

I must say that though other days may not be so bright, as we look toward the future, that the brightest days will continue to be those we spent with you here in Ireland.

Most of the songs came from Europe and Africa and now they were coming back to us. Many of [Bob] Dylan's best songs came from Scotland, Ireland or England. It was a sort of cultural exchange.

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off

I know tolerably well what Ireland was, but have a very imperfect idea of what Ireland is.

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish.

The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.

Religion dies hard in the Irish.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

It is nothing, to give one’s life for Ireland. I’m not the first and maybe I won’t be the last. What’s my life compared with the cause?

England was never my home. I had a home there but Dublin is my home so leaving Ireland was the hardest thing I had to do.

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.

Your name is Sanchez, what are you doing playing for Northern Ireland?

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland?

Greece is at a dangerous crossroads. Other countries-Portugal, Ireland, maybe Spain-are coming behind it.

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.