I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
BRENDAN BEHANWhat the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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