Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
BRENDAN BEHANMany 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.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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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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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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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 pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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 two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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