"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."
"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
Winston Churchill on Saintpatricksday"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."
William Butler Yeats on Saintpatricksday"Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."
Pope John Paul II on Saintpatricksday"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."
Brendan Behan on Saintpatricksday"Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."
Dave Barry on Saintpatricksday"Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves."
"Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help."
"Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help."
"But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present."
"I do enjoy reading some science fiction."