Brendan Behan

Dramatist

1923-02-09 – 1964-03-20

Brendan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright.

Quotes by Brendan Behan

I am a drinker with writing problems.
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I'm a drinker with writing problems.
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I am a drinker with writing problems.
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I'm a drinker with writing problems.
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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
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If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.
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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 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.
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It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
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At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
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Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
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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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Critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They're there every night, they see it done every night, they see how it should be done every night, but they can't do it themselves.
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The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink, and somebody to love you.
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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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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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