He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
BRENDAN BEHANNinety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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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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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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