Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, notre, dame, fighting, irish, football and/or era:
“Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.”
—Imre Lakatos (19221974)
“There is no history of how bad became better.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Se bella piu satore, je notre so catore,
Je notre qui cavore, je la qu, la qui, la quai!
Le spinash or le busho, cigaretto toto bello,
Ce rakish spagoletto, si la tu, la tu, la tua!
Senora pelefima, voulez-vous le taximeter,
La zionta sur le tita, tu le tu le tu le wa!”
—Charlie Chaplin (18891977)
“my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai”
—Don Marquis (18781937)
“Gladstone in Great Britain and Parnell in Ireland, under the watchword, Home Rule for Ireland, are fighting the battle of self-government for all mankind.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
“But Irish had an old soul, you might say. He was a man with a great future behind him, already.”
—Angela Carter (19401992)
“...Im not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but whats the difference? You cant take it with you. The toys get different, thats all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. Its all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Erasmus was the light of his century; others were its strength: he lighted the way; others knew how to walk on it while he himself remained in the shadow as the source of light always does. But he who points the way into a new era is no less worthy of veneration than he who is the first to enter it; those who work invisibly have also accomplished a feat.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)