Irish Quotes - page 12

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world. (Peter O'Toole)
I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too. View quote
Emily Ratajkowski
I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll. View quote
John C. Reilly
Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music. View quote
John C. Reilly
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. View quote
Roddy Doyle
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, the - Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore, although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. View quote
Roddy Doyle
I want you to shake the hands of every Minister in the Provisional Government ( Irish Free State )who's responsible for my death. I forgive them and so must you, Erskine. The second will apply if ever you go into Irish politics. You must not speak of my execution in public. View quote
Robert Erskine Childers
This Irish war, small as it may seem now, will, if it is persisted in, will corrupt and eventually ruin not only your army, but your Empire itself. What right has England to torment and demoralise Ireland? View quote
Robert Erskine Childers
"I'm not sure if Irish people can dance.... except for The Edge, that is, who is our own funky chicken." (Bono on Edge's dancing) View quote
The Edge
It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters. View quote
Alice Hamilton
I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from my mother's ancestry. (Allegra Huston)
Well, I did go to Irish dancing lessons as a kid, but I was slapped and never went again. View quote
Andrea Corr
Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth. View quote
Anna Friel
In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jackson was adamant that we would all sound like we were from Britain somewhere. View quote
Aidan Turner
I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance. View quote
Brendan Gleeson
My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish. View quote
Brian McDermott
I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though. View quote
Chris Lilley
I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there. View quote
Chris O'Dowd
My soul is still Irish. View quote
Ciaran Hinds
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet. View quote
Clare Bowen
My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. (Colm Meaney)
Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French. View quote
Cyril Cusack
My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. View quote
David Johansen
I'm Irish, I'm from New York, and I definitely have issues. View quote
Dean Winters
I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70. View quote
Diane Ladd