Brendan Behan Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by Brendan Behan
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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.”
Sex Quotes
“To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.”
Achievement Quotes
“I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The English and Americans dislike only some" Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the road safer, the beer stronger, the old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“...Actually, I'm a drinker with writing problems.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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