Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Brendan Behan: It's not that...

Brendan Behan: It's not that...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and...

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Brendan Behan: I have a...

Brendan Behan: I have a...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...

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Brendan Behan: I have never...

Brendan Behan: I have never...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

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Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

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...

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Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

I was courtmartialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my...

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Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

Source:...

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Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

Source: The Hostage, II.
-- Brendan Behan, (Feb...

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Brendan Behan: To get enough...

Brendan Behan: To get enough...

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

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Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Source: In Sunday Express...

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Brendan Behan: The English and...

Brendan Behan: The English and...

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers -...

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Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

Source: In Treasury of Humorous...

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Brendan Behan: The most important...

Brendan Behan: The most important...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love...

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Brendan Behan: It is a...

Brendan Behan: It is a...

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Brendan Behan: I am married...

Brendan Behan: I am married...

I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Brendan Behan: It's not that...

Brendan Behan: It's not that...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and...

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Brendan Behan: I have a...

Brendan Behan: I have a...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...

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Brendan Behan: I have never...

Brendan Behan: I have never...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

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Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

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...

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