Irishmen Quotes

• La imaginación de un irlandés nunca le deja en paz, nunca le convence, nunca le satisface; pero le hace que no pueda enfrentarse a la realidad, ni tratar con ella, ni manejarla, ni conquistarla: sólo puede mofarse de los que lo hacen, y ser "agradable para los extraños", como una mujer buena para nada en la calle.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Reality, Imagination, Faces

  1904 Larry Doyle to Tom Broadbent. John Bull's Other Island, Act 1.

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• Pon a un irlandés en el asador y siempre podrás conseguir que otro irlandés lo convierta.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Ireland And The Irish, Spit, Turns

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• No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove.

  James Joyce

  Country, Anger, Self

  James Joyce (2016). “The Complete Works of James Joyce: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry, Essays & Letters: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Dubliners, The Cat and the Devil, Exiles, Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, Stephen Hero, Giacomo Joyce, Critical Writings & more”, p.2236, e-artnow

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• They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

  Bobby Sands

  Broken, Want, Spirit

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• Un inglés piensa sentado; un francés, de pie; un americano, paseando; un irlandés, después.

  Austin O'Malley

  Thinking, Pacing, Englishmen

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• Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

  Shane Leslie

  Ireland And The Irish, Speech, St Patrick

  Shane Leslie (1936). “American wonderland: memories of four tours in the United States of America (1911-1935).”, London, M. Joseph

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• Two Irishmen were passing a pub - well, it could happen.

  Frank Carson

  Two, Passing, Pubs

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• El irlandés se sostiene durante los breves periodos de alegría sabiendo que la tragedia está a la vuelta de la esquina.

  William Butler Yeats

  Joy, Tragedy, Periods

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• What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we have left home; it is really only with other people that we become Irishmen.

  Peter Ackroyd

  Hogar, Tierra, Gente

  "The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde". Book by Peter Ackroyd, 1983.

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• Mulligan: inventado por un irlandés que quería batear una yarda más.

  Jim Bishop

  Golf, Twenties, Yards

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• Dale cerveza a un irlandés durante un mes y será hombre muerto. El estómago de un irlandés está forrado de cobre, y la cerveza lo corroe. Pero el whisky pule el cobre y es su salvación.

  Mark Twain

  Beber, Cerveza, Hombres

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• We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.

  Bobby Sands

  Lying, Criminals, Crime

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• When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail in his own country do not permit the development of individuality. No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove.

  James Joyce

  Country, Men, Self

  James Joyce (1959). “Critical writings”

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• Este sería un gran país si todos los irlandeses mataran a un negro y fueran ahorcados por ello.

  Edward Augustus Freeman

  Land, Would Be, Ifs

  1881 Of America. Letter to F H Dickinson from New Haven, 4 Dec.

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• Es una vergüenza vergonzosa la forma en que se educa a los irlandeses. Se avergüenzan de su lengua, de sus instituciones y de todo lo irlandés.

  Douglas Hyde

  Camino, Lenguaje, Vergüenza

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• A mí -y hay cientos de miles de irlandeses que opinan sobre este tema como yo- siempre me han gustado mis compatriotas celtas y me ha disgustado la nación inglesa; es un rasgo nacional de carácter, y no puedo evitarlo.

  Douglas Hyde

  Carácter, Ayuda, Celta

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• Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, shame and degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland-yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland.

  James Connolly

  Liars, Heart, Men

  James Connolly (1987). “Labour in Irish history ; The re-conquest of Ireland ; Socialism and nationalism”

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• Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

  Frank Carson

  Divertido, Humor, Coche

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• An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman were invited to a Christmas party. The Englishman brought a bag of tinsel, the Scotsman brought a bag of holly and they asked the Irishman: "What have you brought?" He said: "I brought a pair of knickers." They asked: "What has that got to do with Christmas?" He said "They're Carol's."

  Frank Carson

  Divertido, Fiesta, Humor

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• In becoming an Irishman, Patrick wedded his world to theirs, his faith to their life…Patrick found a way of swimming down to the depths of the Irish psyche and warming and transforming Irish imagination – making it more humane and more noble while keeping it Irish.

  Thomas Cahill

  Swimming, Imagination, Depth

  FaceBook post by Thomas Cahill from Jan 12, 2012

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• The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination

  George Bernard Shaw

  Heart, Imagination, Empathy

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• It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship. It involved singing lots of songs before you left saying goodbye, and once you were in the U.S., it involved singing lots of songs about how you were never going to set foot in Ireland again.

  Joseph O'Neill

  Goodbye, Song, Journey

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• An Irishman's wife gave birth to twins. Her husband wanted to know who the other man was.

  Frank Carson

  Divertido, Esposo, Humor

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• An Irishman I am, begora! With a heart and a spirit on
  me not crushed be a hundred years of oppression. I'll be getting me
  shillelagh out next, wait'll you see.

  Martin McDonagh

  Heart, Years, Waiting

  Martin McDonagh (2013). “The Cripple Of Inishmaan”, p.63, A&C Black

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• Un irlandés necesita tres cosas: silencio, cunnning y exilio.

  James Joyce

  Humor, Silence, Three

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