He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
BRENDAN BEHANEvery cripple has his own way of walking.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company’s time and with its blessing.
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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.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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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.
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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.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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