It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

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I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

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.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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...

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

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 was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

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...

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 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.

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge...

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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 wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

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

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