Habit is a great deadener.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Habit Quotes

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...

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...

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.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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.

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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?

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

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

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,...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...