A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living. Brendan Behan More Quotes by Brendan Behan More Quotes From 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 importantlovelife I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. Brendan Behan policemensituationwar They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues. Brendan Behan tonguelanguageland The terrorist is the one with the small bomb. Brendan Behan novelistswarpeace 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 ireland-and-the-irishcynicalrespect 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 summerbeerwinter The only thing I envy in young people is their livers. Brendan Behan envyyoungpeople Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer. Brendan Behan jailercontemptprison I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not. Brendan Behan alcoholdrinkingtwo 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 editorscriticismfunny Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing. Brendan Behan hurtwritingfriendship Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. Brendan Behan umpiresjudgingsaid The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think. Brendan Behan irish-writersdetestthinking I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me. Brendan Behan paintermarriedchildren 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 dublinireland-and-the-irishlife I am a drinker with writing problems. Brendan Behan problemdrinkingwriting Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death. Brendan Behan determinationsuicidemen I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark. Brendan Behan communistcatholicdark An author's first duty is to let down his country. Brendan Behan let-downcountryfirsts Every cripple has his own way of walking. Brendan Behan crippleswalkingway
