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 BEHANOther people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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