Brendan Behan quotes - page 2

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. (Brendan Behan)

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Brendan Behan

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

Brendan Behan

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

Brendan Behan

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

Brendan Behan

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.

Brendan Behan

I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.

Brendan Behan

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

Brendan Behan

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.

Brendan Behan

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.

Brendan Behan

No man can discover his own talents. (Brendan Behan)

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

Brendan Behan

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.

Brendan Behan

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

Brendan Behan

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.

Brendan Behan

I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law.

Brendan Behan

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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

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