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

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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...

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?

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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.

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...

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

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

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

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

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,...

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,...

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

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

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

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