Ah, bless you, Sister. May all your sons be bishops.
--Brendan Behan
An author's first duty is to let down his country.
--Brendan Behan
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.
--Brendan Behan
Every cripple has his own way of walking.
--Brendan Behan
Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
--Brendan Behan
I am a daylight atheist.
--Brendan Behan
I am a drinker with writing problems.
--Brendan Behan
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
--Brendan Behan
I only drink on two occasions- When I am thirsty and when I'm not.
--Brendan Behan
I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; 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.
--Brendan Behan
I saw a sign that said 'Drink Canada Dry'. So I did.
--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.
--Brendan Behan
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
--Brendan Behan
It's a queer world, God knows, but the best we have to be going on with.
--Brendan Behan
Mother, they would praise my balls if I hung them high enough.
--Brendan Behan
One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.
--Brendan Behan
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
--Brendan Behan
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
--Brendan Behan
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.
--Brendan Behan
The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.
--Brendan Behan
The world is a madhouse, so it's only right it's patrolled by armed idiots.
--Brendan Behan
There is no such thing as bad publicity except for your own obituary.
--Brendan Behan
What is a crook but a businessman without an office?
--Brendan Behan
What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
--Brendan Behan
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