Brendan Behan Quotes & Sayings
34 most famous Brendan Behan quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an Irish dramatist who passed away on 20 March, 1964.
“At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.”
“The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.”
“There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.”
“It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.”
“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.”
“If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.”
“Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.”
“Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.”
“A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.”
“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.”
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