Absence Quote by Brendan Behan

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could…

— Brendan Behan

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

— Brendan Behan

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

— Thomas Hardy

I was leaving the Belfast court, where I had been called to answer a very flimsy charge, later dismissed. You're relatively safe in such…

— Gerry Adams

“I was court-martialed in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.”

— Thomas Hardy

So I departed and was free from imprisonment.

— Anonymous

I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of the IRA,…

— Martin McGuinness

You shouldn't be shot just because someone yells, "Halt" or resisting arrest or running away from being arrested.

— Jesse Ventura

“You're allowed to miss the people who were bullets to you, but you're not allowed to let them shoot you again.”

— Reyna Biddy

I want to say 'I Shot The Police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I Shot The Sheriff' insteadbut…

— Bob Marley

I've been shot at on numerous occasions.

— John Pomfret

I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times

— Niki de Saint Phalle