I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
BRENDAN BEHANGod forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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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 drinker with a writing problem.
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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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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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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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 ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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