Lady Gregory Quotes

It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.

I've been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I've been very involved in that for a long time.

There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.

I would love to go back to any time in European history, especially in Irish history, to the second or third century, prior to the arrival of Christianity when Paganism flourished. I can always go back there in my imagination, of course. It doesn't cost anything, and it's a form of time travel, I suppose.

As to the old history of Ireland, the first man ever died in Ireland was Partholan, and he is buried, and his greyhound along with him, at some place in Kerry.

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.

A Canada-style deal for the whole of the UK results in a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. For that reason, it has never been acceptable to the EU without a permanent hard border down the Irish Sea.

With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.

Eight minutes is a long time in basketball.

I absolutely loved it in Ireland.

There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective.

Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was playing my first game against Ireland, when I came off the bench, full of energy and flying into tackles, even though I couldn't tackle back then.

I don't have to prove myself to anyone. People know what I'm capable of. I've spent a long time in this game.

One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time.

It's such a shame, really, because we were known for our country of saints and scholars, and we grew up with such a great tradition with St. Patrick, and he is the one who brought Christianity to Ireland, and we celebrate St. Patrick's day every single year, but there's very few practising Catholics or practising Christians.

Seventeen years is a long time to be playing this game. It's two careers for a lot of people.

Forever is a very long time, especially the bit towards the end.

Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things.

Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.

The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights.

Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away.

It was a long time ago now. And it was yesterday.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

Don't get impatient when it takes too long.