Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
BRENDAN BEHANYou made one mistake. You married me.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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When I’m talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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