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Quotes
“As a man I feel Irish. As an actor I feel Jewish.”
Harrison Ford discussing his Russian Jewish/Irish background on The Actors
Studio, Bravo Channel.“
I honestly think that Guinness supporting the hurling championship
is a wrong message and signal to be sending out to the people of this
country.”
Health minister Micheál Martin criticizing the role of alcohol
companies in promotion of sports in Ireland. —The Irish Times
“The Irish die younger than the average European. We experience
more ill-health. When we are sick, only those of us with money can be
confident of receiving anything approaching acceptable treatment.”
Maev-Ann Wren, author of Unhealthy State: Anatomy of a Sick Society,
writing in The Irish Times.
“My whole family lives in Killarney, which is the main town
in Kerry. If you go into any pub, you’ll run into one of my relatives,
because they kind of run the town. So I go into whichever is closest at
the moment, and there’ll always be someone from my family working
there.”
Actor/comedian Denis Leary, who when he isn’t on the road or at home
in
New York, heads for Ireland. — The New York Post
“On this date Bobby Sands died after 66 days on a hunger strike
in prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The moral of the story? Eat more
often.”
Shepard Smith, Fox news anchor, on May 5 referring to the death of Bobby
Sands, who is widely seen as a civil rights figure to Catholics in Northern
Ireland and Irish-Americans. Smith and Fox have since apologized for the
offensive comments, which prompted an angry response from many viewers.
–The Irish Voice
“I don’t even actually have a favorite movie. I don’t
have one that I constantly refer back to. But I do love Peter O’Toole’s
performances. In The Ruling Class, I love that character he portrays.
I remember seeing that film and thinking ‘Yes. I love that.’”
Keanu Reeves discussing his cinematic influences in Hot Press.
“It’s near home, near the city, near the action.”
Actor Colin Farrell, who bought five apartments in the new Spencer Dock
development on Dublin’s north side.
– Irish Independent
“It’s about time we started honoring those people involved
in the armed struggle.
It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby
Sands that brought Britain to the negotiating table. The peace we have
now is due to the action of the IRA.”
John McDonnell, the British Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, whose
praise of the IRA at a commemoration for the hunger striker Bobby Sands
infuriated Unionists.
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