Irish Set Dancing

Famous quotes containing the words irish, set and/or dancing:

    Hindered characters
    seldom have mothers
    in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success, can set up dictators.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won’t help you.
    —E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)