Mary Deasy Professions : Author Born : 1914 Died : 1978 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Mary Deasy An Irish wedding is a tame thing to an Irish funeral. Mary Deasy funeral The Irish are never at peace but when they're fighting. Mary Deasy fighting someone had tried to warn me of the kind of catastrophe that is likely to occur when you involve yourself too closely in one of those destinies that is ringed around by the transient tinsel of human applause. Mary Deasy destiny kind fame I could remember the house on Lexington Street, where the mortgage hung over our heads almost as tangibly as the roof, and we still managed to enjoy life. Mary Deasy enjoy-life house remember You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics. If you ever find an Irishman who is wishy-washy on any one of those, you can make up your mind to it he is not the true article at all. Mary Deasy soul mind sports That's the way it is with influence, you know; if you don't use it all the time, people will forget you have it. Mary Deasy power people way It's undeserved success that people are so terribly afraid of losing; they know they haven't any way, themselves, of ever getting it back again. Mary Deasy success people way Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
