I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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.
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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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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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Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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