Memorable Quotes and quotations from Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan Irish author & dramatist (1923 - 1964)


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 shoot me in my absence.

Brendan Behan -
- There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

Brendan Behan -
- If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

Brendan Behan -
- Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

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 shoot me in my absence.

Brendan Behan - Hostage (1958)
- He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.