We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...