Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckettwas a French-Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth13 April 1906
CityFoxrock, Ireland
CountryIreland
Samuel Beckett quotes about
unhappy enough
Unhappy, but not unhappy enough.
void
There's no lack of void.
psychological born
We are all born; some remain so.
silence gone awful
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
mentor want matter
What can it matter to me, that I succeed or fail ? The undertaking is none of mine, if they want me to succeed I'll fail, and vice versa, so as not to be rid of my tormentors.
blessed confusion waiting
What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come
fun time-flies having-fun
How time flies when one has fun!
cycling nasty ill
The bicycle is a great good. But it can turn nasty, if ill employed.
hands bored waiting
We wait. We are bored. (He throws up his hand.) No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! (He advances towards the heap, stops in his stride.) In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone more, in the midst of nothingness!
enough
VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it.
silence blind
POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future.
has-beens rare-things
It's a rare thing not to have been bonny-- once.
perseverance trying failing
Try again. Fail again. Try better.
originality said
All has not been said and never will be.