"Many a man has decided to stay alive……" — 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 surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death."
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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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Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're…
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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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More Alive Quotes
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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the…
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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were…
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
— Paul Auster
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
— Richard Bach
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
— Michele Bachmann
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me…
— James A. Baldwin
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful…
— Travis Barker
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
— Roseanne Barr
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
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