Ireland Quotes - page 3

A personal highlight was probably when we got a No. 1 in the U.K. and when the album went to No. 1 in America. The top four that week was us, Adele, Guns N' Roses and Bruce Springsteen. It was ridiculous seeing those names there. Being the first band from the U.K. and Ireland to go to America and debut at No. 1 is just unbelievable. (Niall Horan)
To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views. View quote
Joe Elliott
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. View quote
Alan Parker
I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history. View quote
Albert Reynolds
What Ireland needs now above all else is peace. View quote
Albert Reynolds
Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy. View quote
Anjelica Huston
Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day. View quote
Anjelica Huston
It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time. View quote
Anjelica Huston
Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips. View quote
Art Donovan
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. View quote
Bernadette Devlin
I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didnt know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that beyond became internalized in our psyche. (Conor McPherson)
I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific. View quote
Caroline Corr
In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish. View quote
Caroline Corr
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway. View quote
Damian McGinty
There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true. View quote
Fiona Shaw
I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland. View quote
Fiona Shaw
People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues. View quote
Fionnula Flanagan
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. View quote
Fionnula Flanagan
I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin. View quote
Greta Scacchi
By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and India, and are now poisoning and enslaving the Chinese people. View quote
Henry Charles Carey
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture. (Hugh Dancy)
The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent. View quote
Hugh Leonard
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict. View quote
Harri Holkeri
Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. View quote
Harri Holkeri
I went up for the first time when I was 18. It's a great place - I love L.A.; I mean, in Ireland it just rains all the time, it's crap weather, so it's nice to go to L.A. where it's just sunshine every day, and then it's kinda easier to live a kinda healthy lifestyle. View quote
Jack Reynor