Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
BRENDAN BEHANOne drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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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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Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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