Brendan Behan

“At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.”

“A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.”

“It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.”

“A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.”

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

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

“Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.”

“I wish I'd been a mixed infant.”

“No man can discover his own talents.”

“What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.”

“All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.”

“I am a drinker with writing problems.”

“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.”

“If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.”

“The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.”

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

“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.”

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

“Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.”

“I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.”