There's no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
Brendan Behan quote 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 quote I am a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan quote 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.
Brendan Behan quote If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
Brendan Behan quote Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
Brendan Behan quote What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
Brendan Behan quote When I came back to Dublin I was court-martialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Brendan Behan quote Biography
Irish playwright 1923-64
