Irish America

Famous quotes containing the words irish america, irish and/or america:

“Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.”
—Bob Geldof (b. 1954)

“Louise, something in me tightens when an American intellectual’s eyes shine, and they start to talk to me about the Russian people. Something in me says, Watch it, a new version of Irish Catholicism is being offered for your faith.”
—Warren Beatty (b. 1937)

“Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)