Samuel Beckett Quotes

Biography: Samuel Beckett is known for his groundbreaking work in modernist liter... more Biography: Samuel Beckett is known for his groundbreaking work in modernist literature and theatre, particularly the play "Waiting for Godot." Born on April 13, 1906, in Dublin, Ireland, Beckett's oeuvre includes novels, plays, and poetry exploring themes of existential despair and the absurdity of human existence. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. less

"Where I am, I don’t know, I’ll never know""We wait. We are bored. No, don't protest ""Estragon: Nothing to be done. ""What do we do now, now that we are happy? ""Let us do something, while we have the chance ""The earth makes a sound as of sighs ""One day we were born, one day we shall all die, the same day, the same second.""Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.""Try again. Fail again. No matter.""All human beings are doomed to die, but they are not born to die.""Better hope deferred than none.""Words are all we have.""To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.""The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.""Habit is a compromise effected between an individual and his environment.""There is nothing to express, nothing with which to express, nothing from which to express, no power to express, no desire to express, together with the obligation to express.""Find the ones who haven't given up. They are the future.""God is a witness that cannot be sworn.""Birth was the death of him.""Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

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