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

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

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

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

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.
Brendan Behan

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

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

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