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.
BRENDAN BEHANThere is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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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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Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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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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