Habit is a great deadener.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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

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

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,...

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 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...

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

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

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

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,...

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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...

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.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?