Brendan Behan Irish Quotations

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They're there every night, they see it done every night, they see how it should be done every night, but they can't do it themselves.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

The English and Americans dislike only some" Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

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

One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.

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

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.

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