An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
BRENDAN BEHANI saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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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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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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