Quotes by Irish/Ireland authors (page 50)

"There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible"

Sean O'Casey, Playwright

"Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves"

Sean O'Casey, Playwright

"I'm not into the whole showbiz scene"

Samantha Mumba, Musician

"I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies"

Samantha Mumba, Musician

"But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores"

Samantha Mumba, Musician

"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill"

Patrick MacGill, Journalist

"Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission"

Patrick MacGill, Journalist

"Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive"

Patrick MacGill, Journalist

"Every battalion has its marching songs"

Patrick MacGill, Journalist

"In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view"

Martin McGuinness, Politician

"Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents"

Martin McGuinness, Politician

"There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes"

William Trevor, Writer

"The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction"

William Trevor, Writer

"The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live"

Sean O'Casey, Playwright

"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it"

Sean O'Casey, Playwright

"When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me"

Samantha Mumba, Musician

"But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much"

Samantha Mumba, Musician

"We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"I can't even remember when the Seventies was"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin I used to pretend I was playing in the World Cup with my mates out on the streets, and now I will be doing it for real"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"There can be only one Captain to a ship"

Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity

"The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way"

Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity

"Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest"

Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity

"Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales"

Neil Jordan, Director

"The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. It's about a girl learning that the world of sensuality and the unknown is not to be feared, that it's worth getting your teeth into"

Neil Jordan, Director

"In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it"

Neil Jordan, Director

"I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like"

Neil Jordan, Director

"That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond"

Pierce Brosnan, Actor

"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split"

Pierce Brosnan, Actor

"It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them"

Pierce Brosnan, Actor

"The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?"

Neil Jordan, Director

"Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there"

Neil Jordan, Director

"Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line"

Neil Jordan, Director

"It is a pledge that senility has not the last say in everything"

Shane Leslie, Diplomat

"We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that"

Roma Downey, Actress

"For me, acting is doing"

Pierce Brosnan, Actor

"I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance"

Frank Carson, Comedian

"We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure"

Shane Leslie, Diplomat

"Some have said it is the easiest group at the World Cup, but we realize it won't be like that. Germany are a tremendous side, but to be honest I don't know much about Cameroon and Saudi Arabia"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

"Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it"

Robbie Keane, Athlete

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