When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
BRENDAN BEHANThere’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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 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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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 only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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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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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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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