Shana Alexander Quotes

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

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

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.

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

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

I spent a lot of time growing up in Ireland in Donegal.

Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish)

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.

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.

I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful.

Every publisher or agent I've ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don't want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse.

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.