Quotes by Flann O'Brien

A woman doesn't care if she hasn't a stomach, provided she looks as if she hasn't.
– Flann O'Brien
I opened it at page 96 - the secret page on which I write my name to catch out borrowers and book-sharks.
– Flann O'Brien
It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.
– Flann O'Brien
Some savage faculty for observation told him that most respectable and estimable people usually had a lot of books in their houses.
– Flann O'Brien
The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.
– Flann O'Brien