He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
BRENDAN BEHANI saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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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 is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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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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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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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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 am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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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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