Brendan Behan Quotes

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.

Brendan Behan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 9, 1923 - March 20, 1964

Topics

SpiritualNew YorkYouPlaceGoNew

After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit.

Joel McCrea

PicturesQuitYearsKnewAfter

Foreknowledge is a wonderful thing.

Andra Day

WonderfulThingWonderful Thing

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

Angie Dickinson

CareCareerLivingStarConsistent

Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.

Amy Hood

ConfidenceJobStepUncomfortable

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

Steve Coogan

SchoolI AmComputersGenerationOld

When you're making a film, you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip.

Stanley Kubrick

DecisionsYouRunAlwaysShootFilm

I find the best things are done for yourself or start as a small project and become a big thing.

Tom Lenk

BestYourselfSmallStartFindDone

I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments.

Robert Webb

EndFatComedyMomentsPigPlay

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Mary Cheney

OfficeViceWhereGetBeenJust

In the U.S. and much of Europe, the sale, distribution, and use of offset printers are watched closely by anti-counterfeiting units. In Peru, however, the offset industry is a free-for-all.

Jonathan Franklin

EuropeIndustryPeruMuchUseSale

I've accomplished everything I tried to accomplish in basketball.

Chauncey Billups

BasketballAccomplishEverything

I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do. Even with my tattoos, my mom went with me.

Ashley Tisdale

ParentsMeMomAlwaysTattoosSure

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