A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

— Brendan Behan

A Torontonian is a man who leaves culture to his wife.

— Brendan Behan

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done they've seen it done every day but they're unable to do it themselves.

— Brendan Behan

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

— Brendan Behan

I am a drinker with writing problems.

— Brendan Behan

I am married to Beatrice Sacked a painter. We have no children except me.

— Brendan Behan

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

— 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

I'm a drinker with writing problems.

— Brendan Behan

I respect kindness in human beings first and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law 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