Being Irish Quotes

Being Irish Quote of the day

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

I'm hugely proud of being Irish. And I don't even know what that means. I just know that it's true.

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn't be Chinese or Japanese.

There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world that never was, Baptized with fairy water

I don't feel I have to defend myself for being English or for being Irish, because, in a way, I don't feel either. And, in another way, of course, I'm both.

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