#iris

I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#cause #dad #fine #great #hard

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

— Robert Vaughn

#come #i #irish #line #long

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing. ↗

— Michael Flatley

#dancing #feature #heritage #i #irish

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. ↗

— Colin Firth

#biggest #coast #east #east coast #exceptions

It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say. ↗

— Henry Fonda

#egomaniac #fact #ford #greatness #him

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. ↗

— James Thurber

#doing #everywhere #fun #himself #humorist

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#language #love #sometimes #spoken #today

I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#baker #billie #billie holiday #black #called

My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#dad #expressive #family #holds #irish