I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
BRENDAN BEHANShakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
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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 pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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