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Irish Quotes

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I have made an important discovery…that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effects of intoxication.
Oscar Wilde, In Conversation

No man is an Ireland.
--Chicago Mayor Richard Daley

In dreams begins responsibility.
--William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: `It seemed a good idea at the time.'
--Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983) Irish-born author and journalist

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
--Irish Proverb

Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover? You don't want to press your luck.
--Daryl Stout

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
--Irish Blessing

You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
--Irish Proverb

Half a loaf of bread is better than no bread at all.
--Irish Proverb

Remember even if you loose all, keep your good name; for if you loose that you are worthless.
--Irish Proverb

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.
--An Irish blessing

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book
--Irish proverb

In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God.
--Stephen Braveheart

The most beautiful music of all is the music of what happens.
--Irish proverb

When I realized what I had turned out to be was a lousy, two-bit pool hustler and a drunk, I wasn't depressed at all. I was glad to have a profession.
--Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy
--Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.
--Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player

To please himself only the cat purrs.
--Irish Proverb

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields
and, Until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of His hand
--An Irish Blessing

Here are over 300 Irish quotes, toasts, blessings, proverbs, and assorted other quotations about Ireland and the Irish people. For more history, see Irish History.