There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
BRENDAN BEHANI saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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