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

Quote by Brendan Behan

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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...

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

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...

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...

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...

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'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

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.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

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 say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

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

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

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

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 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...

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...

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...