#Irish

"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."

"Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny."

"If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain."

"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."

"Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why."

"Some men never recover from education."

"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat."