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title: "2 Irreverence Quotes By Brendan Behan"
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> [I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-have-a-total-irreverence-for-anything-connected-with-society-except/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/brendan-behan-8832_beer_i-have-a-total-irreverence-for-anything_315238.jpg)

> [I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the road safer, the beer stronger, the old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-have-a-total-irreverence-for-anything-connected-with-society-except-2/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

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## More by Brendan Behan

> [Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/many-a-man-has-decided-to-stay-alive-not-because-of-the-will-to-live/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [Pound notes are the best religion in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/pound-notes-are-the-best-religion-in-the-world/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [“It's a queer world, God knows, but the best we have to be going on with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/it-s-a-queer-world-god-knows-but-the-best-we-have-to-be-going-on-with/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/there-is-no-human-situation-so-miserable-that-it-cannot-be-made-worse/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-have-a-total-irreverence-for-anything-connected-with-society-except/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [I ruined my health drinking to other people's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-ruined-my-health-drinking-to-other-people-s/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [“I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-respect-kindness-in-human-beings-first-of-all-and-kindness-to/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/other-people-have-a-nationality-the-irish-and-the-jews-have-a/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/there-is-no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity-except-your-own-obituary/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [There's no bad publicity except an obituary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/there-s-no-bad-publicity-except-an-obituary/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/the-big-difference-between-sex-for-money-and-sex-for-free-is-that-sex/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/i-saw-a-notice-which-said-drink-canada-dry-and-i-ve-just-started/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/all-publicity-is-good-except-an-obituary-notice/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/whatever-you-hold-in-contempt-is-your-jailer/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

> [Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/message-what-the-hell-do-you-think-i-am-a-bloody-postman/)

[Brendan Behan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-behan/)

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