We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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...

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

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...

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

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...

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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

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

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...

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

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.

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

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