I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
P. J. O'Rourke
MomTigerMoreIrishOutCut
I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.
Robbie Williams
FamilyLoveTraditionIrishBig
The Georges were fair; they left all to the Government; but Anne was very bad and a tyrant. She tyrannised over the Irish. She died broken-hearted with all the bad things that were going on about her. For Queen Anne was very wicked; oh, very wicked, indeed!
Lady Gregory
GovernmentQueenBadIrishSheFair
I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late.
Robert Vaughn
ManLateIrishSingleSingle Man
We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary.
Jack Lynch
BorderArmyIrishWhereMayAlong
I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.
Michael O'Donoghue
AngelsDeserveTryOthersIrish
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
Iris Murdoch
WomanThinkYouPlaceNiceIrish
It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish.
Dolores O'Riordan
YouIrishDifficultEuropeBreak
I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful Irish writers, and we have quite a number of Irish women directors. But there could be more, and there should be more.
Garry Hynes
WomenThinkPlaceMoreIrishSame
I see the world through Irish eyes, and they are smiling.
Denise Morrison
EyesWorldSmilingIrishSeeI See
Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
Floyd Skloot
ImaginationIrishCreepyJohn
I had grandparents who were native Irish speakers, and also, two of the four grandparents were illiterate.
Brian Friel
IrishGrandparentsTwoWhoFourHad
The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
Eddie Murphy
BetterPoliticalAheadIrishEconomy
It's so tough to get movies made in Ireland anymore. A whole generation of Irish filmmakers doesn't have the resources to get a movie made.
Ciaran Hinds
ToughGenerationMoviesIrishGet
At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.
Bono
HeartPhilosophyI CanTaxIrish
It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters.
Alice Hamilton
MeImpossibleBelieveChicagoIrish
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.
Pierce Brosnan
TimeFightingLondonBallsIrish
Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.
Peter O'Toole
HomeWomenWaterWorldIrishAlways
Westlife earnt millions. We were on the 'Irish Times' Rich List. And then... I'm not!
Shane Filan
RichIrishThenListWereTimes
Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.
Tyson Fury
MusicGrowing UpGrowingIrishUp
Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe.
Norman Davies
FutureIndependentIrishProject
My usual trick with the Irish plays is to set things on islands I've never been to.
Martin McDonagh
NeverIrishThingsBeenSetTrick
But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.
Liam Neeson
ReligionSayIrishIronUp1950s
I look Italian, but I act Irish.
Ken Cuccinelli
LookIrishActItalian
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