Brendan Behan Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Brendan Behan (random)
- Books & Videos:
- Brendan Behan Books & Videos
- Type:
- Dramatist
- Nationality:
- Irish
- Birth Date / Year:
- February 9, 1923
- Death Date / Year:
- March 20, 1964
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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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I am a daylight atheist. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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I am a drinker with writing problems. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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I wish I'd been a mixed infant. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Brendan Behan | Refcard PDF ↑
