He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
BRENDAN BEHANOne drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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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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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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