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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.

Brendan Behan

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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Country Dublin Irish Life People
A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day.
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Hands Life Modern Toss
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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Criticism Editors Funny
I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
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Catholic Communist Dark
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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Saint Theatre Two Years
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
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May Results Tasks
I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Capital Crime Imagine Punishment
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Addiction Country Enough Irish People
I ruined my health drinking to other people’s.
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Drinking People Ruined
You made one mistake. You married me.
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Cynical Married Mistake
An author’s first duty is to let down his country.
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Country Down Firsts Let
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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Beer Summer Winter
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
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Bad Obituary Publicity
I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
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Alcohol Drinking Two
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
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Accepting Country Irish Limitation People
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
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Made Miserable Situation

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