Quotes on/by the Irish:

-Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. – William Butler Yeats

-The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad – George Orwell

-If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. – William Howard Taft

-The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. – Oliver Herford

-Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. – Alex Levin

-Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him. – Irish Proverb

-Here's to our wives and girlfriends: May they never meet! – Irish Drinking Toast