When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
BRENDAN BEHANYou made one mistake. You married me.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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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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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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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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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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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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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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