"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

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Source : "Brendan Behan, Interviews and Recollections". Book by E. H. Mikhail, Vol. 2 (p. 186), 1982.

Brendan Behan

#Respect Quotes #Cynical Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?”
“I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.”
“It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.”
“When you're a man you try and be macho.”
“By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person.”
“We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.”
“Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.”
“She asked where he lived. Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.”

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