I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
BRENDAN BEHANOther people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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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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.
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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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