Brendan Behan quotes

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.

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?

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.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.