Famous quotes containing the words irish, life and/or assurance:
“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 OBrien (b. 1917)
“When in a serious mood, it seems to me that those people are illogical who feel an aversion toward death. As far as I can see, life consists exclusively of horrors, unpleasantnesses and banalities, now merging, now alternating.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“Do not approach with anything even resembling assurance a restaurant that moves.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)
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