Better to be a live dog than a dead lion but best of all is ... - Brendan Behan

"Better to be a live dog than a dead lion but best of all is to be a live lion and not care what happens."

Brendan Behan Courage

Playwright Novelist Irish 1923–1964

More from Brendan Behan

"I am a daylight atheist."

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

"I respect kindness to great degree but I do not depend on it."

"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."