That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.
Sean O'CaseyThe artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be out listening to everything, looking at everything, and thinking it all out afterward.
Sean O'CaseyOh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.
Sean O'CaseyThere's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.
Sean O'Casey