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Famous Brendan Behan Quotes
Source: Behan Complete Plays
“I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.”
“Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!”
“Pound notes are the best religion in the world.”
Source: The wit of Brendan Behan
“I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life.”
“When two men fight over a woman it's the fight they want, not the woman.”
“Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.”
Source: A production book of Brendan Behan's The hostage