It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. Interviews and Recollections (1982)
I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; 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 old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. Brendan Behan: Man and Showman (1966)