Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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 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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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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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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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