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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: "No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying..."
No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man..."
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. Samuel Beckett
Spend the years of learning squandering. Courage for the years of wandering. Through a world politely turning. From the loutishness of learning. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else..."
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an..."
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. Samuel Beckett
Not to want to say, not to know what you want to say, not to be able to say what you think you want to say, and never to stop saying, or hardly ever, that is the thing to keep in mind, even in the heat of composition. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages...."
It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there. Samuel Beckett
For to know nothing is nothing, not to want to know anything likewise, but to be beyond knowing anything, to know you are beyond knowing anything, that is when peace enters in, to the soul of the incurious seeker. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "I was out of sorts. They are deep, my sorts, a deep ditch,..."
I was out of sorts. They are deep, my sorts, a deep ditch, and I am not often out of them. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "What was God doing with himself before the creation?"
What was God doing with himself before the creation? Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Dance first, think later."
Dance first, think later. Samuel Beckett
Vladimir: What do we do now? Estragon: Wait. Vladimir: Yes, but while waiting. Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection. Estragon: (highly excited). An erection! Vladimir: With all that follows. Where it falls mandrakes grow. That's why they shriek when you pull them up. Did you not know that? Estragon: Let's hang ourselves immediately! Samuel Beckett
It's a lot to ask of one creature, it's a lot to ask, that he should first behave as if he were not, then as if he were, before being admitted to that peace where he neither is, nor is not, and where the language dies that permits of such expressions. Samuel Beckett
The sensation of the seat of a chair coming together with his drooping posteriors at last was so delicious that he rose at once and repeated the sit, lingeringly and with intense concentration. Murphy did not so often meet with these tendernesses that he could afford to treat them casually. The second sit, however, was a great disappointment. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and..."
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. Samuel Beckett

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