Words are all we have.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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,...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian...

You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian...

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy...

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy...