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1 " I'm a drinker with writing problems. "
― Brendan Behan
2 " I am a drinker with writing problems. "
3 " 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. "
4 " At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. "
5 " The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. "
6 " It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. "
― Brendan Behan ,
7 " A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. "
8 " When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. "
9 " Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. "
10 " What's a crook, only a businessman without a shop. "
― Brendan Behan , The Quare Fellow
11 " Don't speak of your Protestant minister,Nor of his church without meaning or faith,For the foundation stone of his templeWas the bollocks of Henry VIII Brendan Behan "
12 " 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. "
13 " They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues... "
14 " I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. "
15 " Every cripple has his own way of walking. "
16 " I only drink on two occasions—when I'm thirsty and when I'm not. "
17 " I saw a sign that said 'Drink Canada Dry'. So I did. "
― Brendan Behan , The Complete Plays: The Hostage / The Quare Fellow / Richard's Cork Leg
18 " Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. "
19 " It's a queer world, God knows, but the best we have to be going on with. "
― Brendan Behan , Borstal Boy
20 " There is no such thing as bad publicity...except your own obituary "
