An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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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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’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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 saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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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 only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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