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

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

Brendan Behan

Every cripple has his own way of walking.

Every cripple has his own way of walking.

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

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

There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.

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

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

I ruined my health drinking to other people's.

I ruined my health drinking to other people's.

Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.

Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.

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

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

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

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

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

I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.

I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.

If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.

If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.

When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.

When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.

Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence.

Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence.

The enemy is within, and within stays within, and we can't get out of within.

The enemy is within, and within stays within, and we can't get out of within.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.