There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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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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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.
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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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