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

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...

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...

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.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

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...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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...

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

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

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.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

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

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

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

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

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

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face...

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face...

Sometimes at home I talk in my sleep, but at school I sleep while others...

Sometimes at home I talk in my sleep, but at school I sleep while others...