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Brendan Behan quotes: They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues ... They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues ...
Brendan Behan quotes: A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him. A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
Brendan Behan quotes: Pound notes are the best religion in the world. Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
Brendan Behan quotes: I'm a drinker with writing problems. I'm a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan quotes: Most horror movies are certainly that. Most horror movies are certainly that.
Brendan Behan quotes: One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough. One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.
Brendan Behan quotes: Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself. Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.
Brendan Behan quotes: Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing. Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
Brendan Behan quotes: What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
Brendan Behan quotes: Every cripple has his own way of walking. Every cripple has his own way of walking.
Brendan Behan quotes: Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time. Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
Brendan Behan quotes: If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
Brendan Behan quotes: There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman. There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
Brendan Behan quotes: There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself. There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
Brendan Behan quotes: I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started. I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started.
Brendan Behan quotes: When two men fight over a woman it's the fight they want, not the woman. When two men fight over a woman it's the fight they want, not the woman.
Brendan Behan quotes: If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
Brendan Behan quotes: I ruined my health drinking to other people's. I ruined my health drinking to other people's.
Brendan Behan quotes: I am a daylight atheist. I am a daylight atheist.
Brendan Behan quotes: A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living. A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.
Brendan Behan quotes: Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer. Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
Brendan Behan quotes: Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
Brendan Behan quotes: The English and Americans dislike only some Irishthe same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writersthe ones that think. The English and Americans dislike only some Irish
the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers
the ones that think.
Brendan Behan quotes: I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life. I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life.
Brendan Behan quotes: God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against. God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
Brendan Behan quotes: I am a drinker with writing problems. I am a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan quotes: Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
Brendan Behan quotes: There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
Brendan Behan quotes: All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
Brendan Behan quotes: To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
Brendan Behan quotes: Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results. Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
Brendan Behan quotes: Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together. Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.
Brendan Behan quotes: There's no bad publicity except an obituary. There's no bad publicity except an obituary.
Brendan Behan quotes: I'm a drinker with a writing problem. I'm a drinker with a writing problem.
Brendan Behan quotes: The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.
Brendan Behan quotes: What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
Brendan Behan quotes: Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman? Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?
Brendan Behan quotes: I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark. I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
Brendan Behan quotes: The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
Brendan Behan quotes: I wish I'd been a mixed infant. I wish I'd been a mixed infant.
Brendan Behan quotes: I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me. I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
Brendan Behan quotes: It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
Brendan Behan quotes: I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not. I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
Brendan Behan quotes: I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
Brendan Behan quotes: A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
Brendan Behan quotes: When I'm talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation. When I'm talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
Brendan Behan quotes: Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
Brendan Behan quotes: You made one mistake. You married me. You made one mistake. You married me.
Brendan Behan quotes: The only thing I envy in young people is their livers. The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.
Brendan Behan quotes: That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop. That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
Brendan Behan quotes: New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment ... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment ... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
Brendan Behan quotes: The terrorist is the one with the small bomb. The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.
Brendan Behan quotes: No man can discover his own talents. No man can discover his own talents.
Brendan Behan quotes: The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again. The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.
Brendan Behan quotes: Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
Brendan Behan quotes: Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
Brendan Behan quotes: Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it. Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
Brendan Behan quotes: An author's first duty is to let down his country. An author's first duty is to let down his country.
Brendan Behan quotes: I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil. I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.
Brendan Behan quotes: It is a good deed to forget a poor joke. It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.
Brendan Behan quotes: He was born an Englishman and remained one for years. He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
Brendan Behan quotes: A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day. A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.

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