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). Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 1
I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
The English and Americans dislike only some" Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
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. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
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. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0
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. Brendan Behan More Brendan Behan Quotes 0