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Samuel Beckett

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. – Samuel Beckett

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

Theres man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet. – Samuel Beckett

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

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. – Samuel Beckett

Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

The bastard! He doesnt exist! – Samuel Beckett

How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones. – Samuel Beckett

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, its the most comical thing in the world. – Samuel Beckett

Make sense who may. I switch off. – Samuel Beckett

Let me go to hell, thats all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss. – Samuel Beckett

We are all born mad. Some remain so. – Samuel Beckett

Habit is a great deadener. – Samuel Beckett

What do I know of mans destiny? I could tell you more about radishes. – Samuel Beckett

The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of. – Samuel Beckett

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity. – Samuel Beckett

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

Birth was the death of him. – Samuel Beckett

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found. – Samuel Beckett