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.
BRENDAN BEHANCritics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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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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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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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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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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