Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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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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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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 general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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