There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
BRENDAN BEHANI’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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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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New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment… a place where you’re least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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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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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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