I can't go on. I'll go on.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

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,...

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,...

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

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

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

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

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

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.

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

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

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

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

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.

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I missed you...and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a queer thing?

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than - I say more Muslims...

More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than - I say more Muslims...