I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
BRENDAN BEHANThere’s no bad publicity except an obituary.
More Brendan Behan Quotes
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That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.
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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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Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn’t affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
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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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I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It’d depend whose life.
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Every cripple has his own way of walking.
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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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You made one mistake. You married me.
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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 one, no one, loves you like yourself.
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I saw a notice that said “Drink Canada Dry” and I’ve just started.
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When two men fight over a woman it’s the fight they want, not the woman.
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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 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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