Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
BRENDAN BEHANCritics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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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 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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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