J. Courtney Sullivan Quotes

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

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

My soul is still Irish.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

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'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

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.

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.

Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.

Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

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.

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

I think most Irish people are creative. Whether it's music, or dance, or... certainly storytelling is in the blood.

My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

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.

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.

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.

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

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