Irishy Quotes & Sayings

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. — Riccardo Muti

The manifest of gratitude is hundred-fold blessings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Growing up in the south, N.Y.C. always seemed like a destination to visit but not to live in. — Martha Hunt

if one writes one can do nothing else. — W.B.Yeats

Distance lends enchantment to the view. — Mark Twain

Crocodiles, you will say, are stationary. Mr. Waterton tells me that the crocodile does not change, - that a cayman, in fact, or an alligator, is just as good for riding upon as he was in the time of the Pharaohs. That may be; but the reason is that the crocodile does not live fast - he is a slow coach. I believe it is generally understood among naturalists that the crocodile is a blockhead. It is my own impression that the Pharaohs were also blockheads. — Thomas De Quincey

She said also that they absolutely hated any assignment in which they had to interpret what they had read. If they had to think about anything, make critical judgments and deliberations, the cause was hopeless. The best they could be expected to do was regurgitate. — H. G. Bissinger

Fasting is as sensual as eating. Being celibate is as sensual as having sex. They're just different choices, different videos that you've selected to view tonight. — Frederick Lenz

Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Now, Benny was no eejit. He wasn't expecting the Tunisian nationals to be Irish. What he did expect was darkish people with Irishy personalities.
That was not what he got.
The Tunisians weren't interested in conforming to Benny's preconceptions. They stubbornly insisted on being themselves. — Eoin Colfer

Paradises an only be made with our own hands, with our own creativity in harmony with the free creativity of nature. — Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Parents who want a fresh point of view on their furniture are advised to drop down on all fours and accompany the nine or ten month old on his rounds. It is probably many years since you last studied the underside of a dining room chair. The ten month old will study this marvel with as much concentration and reverence as a tourist in the Cathedral of Chartres. — Selma Fraiberg

Observe and learn from stronger and better people than yours instead of laughing and pulling legs of poor and weak than yours. — Prerak Trivedi

Since theft is the forcible removal of somebody else's property without consent, then taxation is always, universally and forever a moral evil. Taxation — Stefan Molyneux