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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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...

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

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

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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...

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

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.

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,...