« All Saint Patrick's Day Quotes
·
Brendan Behan's Page
Saint Patrick's Day Quotes by Brendan Behan
1 Saint Patrick's Day quote by Brendan Behan
More Quotes by Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan has 67 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
-
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
-
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
-
I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food…
-
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…
-
There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
-
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
-
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love…
-
I am a drinker with writing problems.
-
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
-
Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
-
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my…
See all 67 quotes by Brendan Behan »
More Saint Patrick's Day Quotes
Popular Saint Patrick's Day quotes from across the collection:
-
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
— Dave Barry
-
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
— Brendan Behan
-
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the…
— Lara Flynn Boyle
-
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
— Barbara Bush
-
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
— Winston Churchill
-
Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.
— Maureen O'Hara
-
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
— Socrates
-
I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
— Anne Enright
-
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
— Shane Leslie
-
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
— Oliver Goldsmith
-
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even…
— Jimmy Dean
-
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
— Colin Farrell
See all Saint Patrick's Day Quotes »
Browse Brendan Behan Quotes by Category