Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
BRENDAN BEHANIn 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.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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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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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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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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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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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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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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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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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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