Famous quotes containing the words blood and/or bear:
“Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.”
—Conor Cruise O’Brien (b. 1917)
“In such a time as this it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear his comment.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)