Famous quotes containing the words irish, houses, parliament, chooses and/or home:
“The Irish ... are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.”
—Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)
“If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“Undershaft: Alcohol is a very necessary article. It heals the sick—Barbara: It does nothing of the sort. Undershaft: Well, it assists the doctor: that is perhaps a less questionable way of putting it. It makes life bearable to millions of people who could not endure their existence if they were quite sober. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Song, like a wing, tears through my breast, my side,
And madness chooses out my voice again,
Again.”
—Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
“A thousand days at home are a pleasure; an hour away from home is a trial.”
—Chinese proverb.