funny irish sayings and quotes

Funny Irish Sayings and Quotes

"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody." Brendan Behan was spot on when he said this, don't you think? The quotes given here are proof of the wonderful things that Irish can come up with using just the English language.

Leave it to the Irish to come up with some really witty, sarcastic, point-blank, and downright funny things to say about life, love, and all the general happenings around us. The collection of Irish quotes here is sure to have you smiling. Enjoy! You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough. May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat. Who gossips with you will gossip of you. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures. But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, of one beer drunken slob for another. Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. The Irish - be they kings, or poets, or farmers, they're a people of great worth, they keep company with the angels, and bring a bit of heaven here to earth. Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me. Why should you never iron a four leaf clover? You don't want to press your luck. The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. Here's to our wives and girlfriends. May they never meet! The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death to get it. A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows. In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink ours here. God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world. Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him. Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Mum. I know I've got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover. It is not a secret after three people know it. For every wound, a balm. For every sorrow, cheer. For every storm, a calm. For every thirst, a beer. Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to Heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven. Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.

Похожие статьи