Brendan Quotes

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

I cannot imagine any crime worse than taking a life, can you? -It'd depend whose life.

In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.

When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing,' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

I do have a lucky pair of underwear.

Pressure point! Pressure point!

I believe you have a responsibility to comport yourself in a manner that gives an example to others. As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I pray just to be worthy of it.

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?

I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.

I think you have to show homage to creators.

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

We must all face the fact that in a single lifetime we lead several simultaneous lives; our intention should be to make them reinforce one another instead of colliding.

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance.

I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like 'Only Fools And Horses' and 'Fawlty Towers,' so I'm glad I'm put in that category.

The best players want to play in the best competition.

I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the players taking the sessions.

I will always fight for my life for Liverpool, and that will be on and off the field.

The film Black Hawk Down paints the Somali people as wild savages.

I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks

When we have the football, everybody’s a player.

There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

Energy is like money; once spent, it's gone. However, it is possible to make an investment, as opposed to an expenditure, that yields a return.

I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

I'm not a big fan of rehearsing.

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts.

I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.

I ruined my health drinking to other people's.

God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

When I'm talking to people I like to stop and quote myself. My quotes have a way of spicing up conversation.

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.

In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company's time and with its blessing.

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.

The sun was in mind to come out but having a look at the weather it was in lost heart and went back again.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.