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.
BRENDAN BEHANI was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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