Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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...

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...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

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.

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.

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...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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...

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,...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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

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

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

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...

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power