When I’m talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.
BRENDAN BEHANThe big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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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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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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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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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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