A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
BRENDAN BEHANAn author’s first duty is to let down his country.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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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; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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