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Quotes by Brendan Francis Behan - (15 quotes)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Advice category:

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Ambition category:

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Children category:

I am married to a very dear girl who is an artist. We have no children except me. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Critics category:

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Desire category:

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Fear category:

Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Gender category:

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Inspiration category:

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Limitations category:

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Patriotism category:

An author's first duty is to let down his country. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Quotations category:

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Success category:

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 his dream? (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Talent category:

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Time category:

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. (Brendan Francis Behan)

Brendan Francis Behan - From the Writing category:

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. (Brendan Francis Behan)