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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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

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

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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

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

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...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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

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

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

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

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,...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

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...

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

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

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

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

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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