All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...