Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
BRENDAN BEHANCritics 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.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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 saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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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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Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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