Quote by Brendan Behan
Its not that the Irish are cynical. Its rather that they have a wo

Its not that the Irish are cynical. Its rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. – Brendan Behan

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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

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

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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. – Brendan Behan

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Writing for children is bloody difficult books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect. – Mark Haddon

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Ive always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Hordens animations. – Stephen Fry

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When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they dont distract you, that means youre focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over. – Robert Griffin III

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Ive had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains. – Jerry Lewis

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