God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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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 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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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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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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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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