Brendan Francis Behan Quotes

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

No man can discover his own talents.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
Brendan Francis Behan quote

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
Brendan Francis Behan quote

Biography

20th century irish playwright, 1923-1964