Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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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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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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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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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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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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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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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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 saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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 Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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