I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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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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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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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