Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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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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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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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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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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