I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
BRENDAN BEHANNew York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment… a place where you’re least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
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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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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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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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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