Brendan Behan

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

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
Brendan Behan - Hostage (1958)
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

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

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

- Brendan Behan