I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
BRENDAN BEHANIn 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 only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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