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

Quote by Brendan Behan

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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to...

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the...

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're...

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

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

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

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

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

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

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is...

In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is...

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember...

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember...

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.