Brendan Behan

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#i #make #never #policeman #seen

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#enough #many #me #thousand #too

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#back #came #could #death #dublin

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

#could #death #i #me #said

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#bible #bit #cell #consolation #could

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#go #goat #i #least #likely

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#james #james joyce #joyce #judge #left

I am a daylight atheist. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#atheist #daylight #i #i am

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#both sides #difference #does #good #good men

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#i #just #minds #myself #say