He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
BRENDAN BEHANA pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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