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Brendan Behan

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The identity of Brendan Behan may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. The range of their thinking — from Death to Women — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 11 of Brendan Behan's most memorable quotes, ranging across Death, Women, Society, Saintpatricksday, and Respect. Consider this gem from 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."

“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.”

— Brendan Behan

Marriage

All Quotes by 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

Death

“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

Alone

“It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.”

— Brendan Behan

Respect

“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.”

— Brendan Behan

Marriage

“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.”

— Brendan Behan

Food

“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

Death

“If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.”

— Brendan Behan

Saintpatricksday