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 BEHANScream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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 saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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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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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 is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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