115 Quotes by Brendan Behan

I'm a drinker with writing problems.

What's a crook, only a businessman without a shop.

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.

Don't speak of your Protestant minister,Nor of his church without meaning or faith,For the foundation stone of his templeWas the bollocks of Henry VIII Brendan Behan

I am a drinker with writing problems.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

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

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

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.