11 private quotes tagged saint-patricks-day

“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.” — Winston Churchill

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“Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.” — Dave Barry

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“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” — William Butler Yeats

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“Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.” — Colin Farrell

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“Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.” — Shane Leslie

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“Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.” — James Joyce

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“That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?” — Lara Flynn Boyle

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“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.” — Pope John Paul II

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“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.” — John Millington Synge

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“Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.” — Liam Neeson

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“If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.” — Brendan Behan

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