"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they……" — Brendan Behan
"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."
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64 Quotes by Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan has 64 quotes on this site.
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It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and…
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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot…
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Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger,…
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There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
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If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
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The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody…
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I am a drinker with writing problems.
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me…
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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
— Mary Kay Ash
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
— Julian Assange
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's…
— Kevin Bacon
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
— James A. Baldwin
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It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
— Charles Baudelaire
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
— Jean Baudrillard
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
— David Beckham
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