I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
BRENDAN BEHANI only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.
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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 ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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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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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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