"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"

Irish, Nothing

3

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"

Exlpore more Irish quotes

"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

Irish,

"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."

Stephen Bennett, American Composer

Irish, Man, Nation, Old

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

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

Irish,

"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Irish, Remarkable

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

James Franco, American Actor

Irish,

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

J. P. Donleavy, American Dramatist

Irish, Poverty

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

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

Irish, Respect

"Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it."

Robert Towne, American Actor

Irish,

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

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Irish, Play, Songs

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

Gregory Peck, American Actor

Irish,

Explore more quotes by Carroll O'Connor

"It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else."

Entertainment

"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made."

Business

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

Business

"Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail."

Men

"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."

First

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

Now

"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."

Society

3

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Irish quotes

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

"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."

"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

"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."

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

"Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it."

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

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

Explore more quotes by Carroll O'Connor

"It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else."

"Nations have come under the control of haters and fools."

"Even a true artist does not always produce art."

"All in the Family was intellectual; it was art."

"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made."

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

"Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail."

"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."