If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out wit... -Brendan Behan

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

Brendan Behan , Dramatist
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Brendan Behan was an Irish poet, playwright, and novelist known for his works such as "The Quare Fellow" and "Borstal Boy" and his colorful personality and involvement in Irish Republican politics.

Brendan Behan Quotes to Explore

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks....
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 ol...
Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action....
Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day....
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....
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence....
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you....
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less....
The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved...
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, w...

Saint Patrick's Day Quotes to Explore

Being Irish, I always had this love of words....
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to....
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA....
I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely....
Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman....
If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family....
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep....
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy....
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?...
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me....