Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
BRENDAN BEHANIf you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
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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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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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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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There’s no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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