An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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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I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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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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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles … it takes your mind off the cost of living.
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Scream at God if that’s the only thing that will get results.
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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
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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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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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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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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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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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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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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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Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can’t do it themselves!
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It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
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