Bill O'Reilly Quotes

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

Many people die of thirst but the Irish are born with one.

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

My soul is still Irish.

Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old Ireland.' It has been made all of kitsch by the diaspora, looking back and deciding what Ireland is. Yes, it is green. Yes, it is friendly. I can't think of anything else for definite.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

When I was growing up, for example, everybody on our street was Irish. And all the girls did Irish step dancing. It was pre-Lord of the Dance - it was before anybody knew what gillys were - but we did, and there was such pride among the members of my family and people I grew up with.

I don't know what kind of swag I'd get if I were extra Irish. It would just be, like, extra potatoes. Or like a free pint of Guinness.

It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.

Irish as a Paddy's pig.

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.

You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you will run into anyplace in the world.

My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn't own being Irish.

I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.

I feel warm toward my Irish side, but I don't know the country or the people. Hearing a traditional Irish fiddle, I feel very connected to Ireland, but that's a nostalgia many people feel who aren't Irish at all.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.