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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...
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...
I have a...
I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...
I have never...
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
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...
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...
I'm a Communist...
I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.
Source:...
I wish I'd...
I wish I'd been a mixed infant.
Source: The Hostage, II.
-- Brendan Behan, (Feb...
To get enough...
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
All publicity is...
All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
Source: In Sunday Express...
The English and...
The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers -...
There's no one,...
There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.
Source: In Treasury of Humorous...
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...
It is a...
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.
Source: In The Manager's Book of...
I am married...
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
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...
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...
I have a...
I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...
I have never...
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
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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