Every cripple has his own way of walking.
BRENDAN BEHANNothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company’s time and with its blessing.
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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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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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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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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