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Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) (/ˈbiːən/ BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish Republican, poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time.

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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.

Everything, James, Judging, Said, Shakespeare, Umpires

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.

Compared, Concentration, Countless, Interruptions, People, Relatively

You made one mistake. You married me.

Cynical, Married, Mistake

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

Achievement, Beer, Drunk, Eat, Food

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Life, Ireland And The Irish, Dublin, Shoot, Sentenced, Death

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment. . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

Bitten, Funny, Likely, New York, Place, Spiritual

Every cripple has his own way of walking.

Cripple, Cripples, Walking, Way

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Except, Good, Notice, Obituary, Publicity

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.

Americans, Detest, Irish Writers, Ones, Same, Thinking

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.

Days, Kippurs, Ruin, Saint, Two, Years

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

Bomb, Novelists, Peace, Small, Terrorist, War

One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.

Addiction, Drink, Enough, Irish Drinking, Thousand

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

Advertising Business, Bad, Except, Obituary, Public Relations, Publicity

Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.

Having, May, Results, Tackled, Tasks, Time

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

Critics, Eunuchs, Like, Tell

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

Envy, People, Thing, Young

I ruined my health drinking to other people's.

Drinking, Health, People, Ruined

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Policeman, Policemen, Seen, Situation, War

I think weddings are sadder than funerals, because they remind you of your own wedding. You can't be reminded of your own funeral because it hasn't happened. But weddings always make me cry.

Thinking, Funny Marriage, Funeral, Remind, Weddings

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.

Criticism, Critics, Editors, Funny, Like, Unable

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