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Brendan Behan Quotes

«If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.»
«The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of mattress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.»
Author: Brendan Behan | About: Religion | Keywords: cell, consolation, match, stuffing, tasted
«Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.»
Author: Brendan Behan | Keywords: bishops, Bishop of, bless, sister
«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»
«I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.»
Author: Brendan Behan | Keywords: depressed
«I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.»
Author: Brendan Behan
«I'd rather be dead than think about death»
Author: Brendan Behan
«Never throw stones at your mother,You'll be sorry for it when she's dead,Never throw stones at your mother,Throw bricks at your father instead. (The Hostage)»
Author: Brendan Behan
«What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.»
Author: Brendan Behan | Keywords: sides
«I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.»
Author: Brendan Behan

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