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title: "1 Takes Mind Quotes By Brendan Behan"
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> [A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-behan/a-general-and-a-bit-of-shooting-makes-you-forget-your-troubles-it/)

[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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