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Samuel Beckett Quotes

Samuel Beckett quotes

Irish Playwright, Writer April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989

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Samuel Beckett quote: "When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left..."
When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing. Samuel Beckett
James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "estragon: we lost our rights? vladimir: we got rid of them."
estragon: we lost our rights? vladimir: we got rid of them. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to..."
The search for the means to put an end to things, an end to speech, is what enables the discourse to continue. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick."
Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the..."
Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians. Samuel Beckett
But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten."
To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten. Samuel Beckett
You may say it is all in my head, and indeed sometimes it seems to me I am in a head and that these eight, no, six, these six planes that enclose me are of solid bone. But thence to conclude the head is mine, no, never. Samuel Beckett
But what's all this about not being able to die, live, be born? That must have some bearing. All this about staying where you are, dying, living, being born, unable to go forwards or back, not knowing where you came from, or where you are, or where you're going, or that it's possible to be elsewhere, to be otherwise? Supposing nothing, asking yourself nothing? You can't, you're there. Samuel Beckett
Habit is a compromise effected between the individual and his environment, or between the individual and his own organic eccentricities, the guarantee of a dull inviolability, the lightning-conductor of his existence. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Nothing is more real than nothing."
Nothing is more real than nothing. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "But he had turned, little by little, a disturbance into words,..."
But he had turned, little by little, a disturbance into words, he had made a pillow of old words, for his head. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes,..."
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any..."
I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent. Samuel Beckett

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