That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
BRENDAN BEHANWhatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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 is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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