Irish Quotes

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I hope 'The Voice' has a fifteen-year run, don't get me wrong. But I come from nothing, and maybe it's the Irish in me, but my attitude is always like, 'They'll figure me out soon.'

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.

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

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people.

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.