Quotes by Irish/Ireland authors (page 7)

"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man"

"Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain"

"I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter"

Maureen O'Hara, Actress

"I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being"

Gabriel Byrne, Actor

"From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself"

Gabriel Byrne, Actor

"The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun"

John Desmond Bernal, Scientist

"The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development"

John Desmond Bernal, Scientist

"Those who know the least obey the best"

George Farquhar, Dramatist

"Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst"

George Farquhar, Dramatist

"You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares"

Stephen Rea, Actor

"Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence"

Bernadette Devlin, Politician

"The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games"

John Hume, Politician

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"

Lord Kelvin, Scientist

"I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another"

Jane Porter, Novelist

"Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!"

Caroline Corr, Musician

"Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible"

Isaac Butt, Politician

"We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before"

Robert James Graves, Scientist

"I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come"

Pat Buckley, Clergyman

"One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality"

Kenneth Branagh, Actor

"I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history"

Albert Reynolds, Politician

"Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can"

Cillian Murphy, Actor

"Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top, you're too weak; you start with the easy things - the way you did them when you were young, and come up up up, the way you did then"

Ninette de Valois, Dancer

"Hitman does well and it certainly does well enough to survive, but at the same time I don't want to involve the character into the DC Universe even if it meant more sales, to the point where we sort of upset the balance that we have at the moment"

Garth Ennis, Writer

"I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis"

Jim Walsh, Politician

"He was a fantastic player, but the thing that impressed me most about Paul was his manner off the pitch. He was always very humble about his achievements and had a lot of time for the paying public and people in general"

Kenny Cunningham, Athlete

"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again"

Andrea Corr, Musician

"I was rather a fat little boy"

Cyril Cusack, Actor

"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph"

Robert Emmet, Activist

"But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime"

Liam Neeson, Actor

"Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise"

George William Russell, Writer

"To say what you feel is to dig your own grave"

Sinead O'Connor, Musician

"Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs"

Jack Lynch, Statesman

"He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast"

Frank McCourt, Author