Samuel Beckett Quotes

Words are all we have.

— Samuel Beckett

I can’t go on. I’ll go on.

— Samuel Beckett

Habit is a great deadener.

— Samuel Beckett

Birth was the death of him.

— Samuel Beckett

Do we mean love, when we say love?

— Samuel Beckett

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

— Samuel Beckett

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

— Samuel Beckett

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

— Samuel Beckett

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

— Samuel Beckett

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

— Samuel Beckett
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