A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
BRENDAN BEHANYou made one mistake. You married me.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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