I’m a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
BRENDAN BEHANThere’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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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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One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
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In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company’s time and with its blessing.
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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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Most horror movies are certainly that.
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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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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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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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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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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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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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