It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

Quote by Brendan Behan

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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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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 am a drinker with writing problems.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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.