Words are all we have.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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,...

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...

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?

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.

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...

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

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

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

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...

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...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

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,...

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

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

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,...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

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...

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...