When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence

Quote by Brendan Behan

Topics: Absence Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

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...

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

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

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

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

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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...

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record...

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record...

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck...

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck...

Someone stole all my credit cards, but I wont be reporting it. The thief spends...

Someone stole all my credit cards, but I wont be reporting it. The thief spends...

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money...

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money...