Irish Dragons Quotes

#1. A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to ... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

J.M.G. Le Clezio

#2. He brightened. "Are you Irish then?"
"My last name is McNally. I'm as Irish as Paddy's pig.

Ashlyn Chase

#3. A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#4. A vast industry of stockbrokers, financial planners, and investment advisers skims a fortune for themselves off the top in exchange for passing their clients' money on to people who, as a whole, cannot possibly outperform the market.

Michael Lewis

#5. You're a Scott," the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting.
"And you're Irish. I'm so glad we got that settled.

Donna Grant

#6. When you see a new year, see realities and limit fantasies!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#7. I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

Chazz Palminteri

#8. The whole of life was a game. But if it was a game, then were you the player or were you the pawn?

Terry Pratchett

#9. I always liked to go to Vancouver to shoot, because I think Vancouver's a beautiful city.

Kurt Fuller

#10. If you want to mimic spoons in a drawer, I promise I won't think anythin' of it."
She realized that curling the same way they'd fit much better. She sighed. "Okay, but I get to be the big spoon. I don't want to accidentally bump into your ... "
"Knife?" he supplied.

Ashlyn Chase

#11. After a taste of a Scot, you'll never look elsewhere again."
A brunette smiled seductively, "That's quite a boast."
"I'm quite a man.

Donna Grant

#12. It's all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

Robert Bly

#13. She tipped back her glass and finished it.
"Ah, lass. You drink like you're Irish already."
She smirked. "I am Irish already. Always have been.

Ashlyn Chase

#14. Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.

Epictetus

#15. I wish the Irish had never invented whiskey," Pat said. Mr. O'Malley smirked, "The Irish didn't invent it. God did. It was his way of keepin' the Irish from takin' over the world.

Ashlyn Chase

#16. I am wearied to death with life.
There's nothing it has that I want,
but I celebrate my naked earth,
there's no other world to descant.

Osip Mandelstam

#17. Minimum risk equals minimum satisfaction.

Mark Batterson