There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
BRENDAN BEHANEvery cripple has his own way of walking.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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 am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except 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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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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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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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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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