Quotes by Dublin I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Brendan Behan dublin ireland-and-the-irish life Old Dublin City there is no doubtin' Charles Lever dublin devil cities My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community. Colin Farrell dublin community song My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My first song was not a love song, it was about smog. Damien Dempsey smog dublin song You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin. Daniel Day-Lewis dublin oscars weekend Dublin City was quiet when they reached the Waxwork Museum, as if it was holding its breath. Derek Landy dublin cities museums I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16 I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there. Ed Sheeran dublin cds want But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture. Hugh Dancy dublin paris culture When I die Dublin will be written on my heart. James Joyce dublin dies heart Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub. James Joyce dublin crosses would-be There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin. James Joyce dublin going-away doubt Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options. James Vincent McMorrow dublin overwhelmed kids So you need hardly spell me how every word will be bound over to carry three score and ten toptypsical readings throughout the book of Doublends Jined. James Joyce dublin reading book I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy. Jodie Foster dublin rainy had-a-great-time It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing. John Boyne dublin events years Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning. Joseph O'Connor dublin pubs morning by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which they had made in the characters of others. Laetitia Pilkington dublin gossip character There's a ruthlessness to the city now that wasn't there before. I was in Dublin a few months ago, when we were shooting Breakfast on Pluto, and if I saw one kid throwing up on the street, I must have seen a hundred of them. Liam Neeson dublin cities kids Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin? Mark Twain dublin baptists pain When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent? Michael Flatley dublin lasts coffee 12»