Brendan Behan Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WinterWomenFoodRoadsMenBeer

I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.

Jo Nesbo

FriendMyselfMeWritingBelieveUp

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

John Calvin

ConfidenceIntelligenceSpiritOut

You get nervous when you're identified with something that is really great and positive for so long. You don't want to not be that person, but there are going to be other roles in your career.

Melissa Peterman

PositiveGreatLongYouCareerWant

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

John Updike

MyselfLearnEnoughNowTeachYears

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.

Stephen Sondheim

SongStoryEnjoyBackStageSinger

As the words of my book, 'The Bloodless Revolution,' accumulated, I envisaged a parallel growth: the stack of pages they would have to be printed on, thousands of times over; every page representing a slice of forest, a belch of fumes and a squirt of toxic ink.

Tristram Stuart

GrowthWordsBookRevolutionForest

Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it.

Travis Bradberry

GoodLeaderWelcomeCriticismYou

I don't sing. If I could sing or dance, I would have done something really gross in a G-string by now - when I wasn't working and was desperate - and ruined my career.

Jason O'Mara

DanceCareerDoneNowSomething

I'm going to keep rushing the ball until the whistle blows and it's the end of the game. That's how I'm going to keep playing.

Jason Pierre-Paul

GameEndBallPlayingKeepGoing

For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born.

Jose Mourinho

AgeMeYouBornRealJust

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged.

Derek Jacobi

I AmAlwaysWorkingSenseUnemployed

I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

Drew Carey

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