Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

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)

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.

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

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

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

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

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

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

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 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.

I think that's why you see so many Americans in Dublin look so sad: they are looking for the door through which they can begin to understand this place. I tell them, 'Go to the races.' I think it's the best place to start understanding the Irish.

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.

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

Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no power, no stability, no influence, no fashion, no size. Its only real arts are song and drama and poem. But Limerick alone has two thousand ruined castles and surely that many practicing poets.

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

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

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.