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 BEHANI’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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