"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

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"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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"I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

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"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."

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"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."

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"For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic."

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"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

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"The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted."

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"I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

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"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

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"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

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"Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in."

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"New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat."

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"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."

"I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess."

"We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely."

"I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics."

"Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure."

"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."

"To marry the Irish is to look for poverty."

"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."

"For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic."

"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

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"I am a drinker with writing problems."

"The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted."

"I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

"There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary."

"It is a good deed to forget a poor joke."

"Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops."

"Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in."

"New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat."