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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
"Words are all we have"
Tags: Communication, Literature, Connection, Expression, Language
"The end is in the beginning and yet you go on"
Tags: Philosophy, Existentialism, Paradox, Destiny, Fate
"All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead."
Tags: Creativity, Literature, Art, Poetry, Writing
"The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops."
Tags: Philosophy, Perseverance, Hope, Emotion, Balance
"We're no longer needed."
Tags: Change, Automation, Outdated, Unemployment, Obsolescence
"People are bloody ignorant apes."
Tags: Perception, Human nature, Society, Awareness, Human behavior
"Nothing is funnier than unhappiness."
Tags: Philosophy, Humor, Literature, Emotion, Paradox
"Memory and habit are the two things you can't live without."
Tags: Life, Psychology, Memory, Behavior, Mind
"We are not saints but we have kept our appointment how many people can boast as much"
Tags: Personal growth, Perseverance, Self-awareness, Achievement, Integrity
"They give birth astride of a grave the light gleams an instant then it's night once more"
Tags: Existentialism, Mortality, Human condition, Inevitability, Darkness
"You must go on I can't go on I'll go on"
Tags: Motivation, Resilience, Perseverance, Determination, Overcoming obstacles
"Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness"
Tags: Philosophy, Existence, Expression, Language, Minimalism
"Habit is a great deadener"
Tags: Motivation, Self-improvement, Mindfulness, Growth, Change
"Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order."
Tags: Freedom, Life philosophy, Joy, Spontaneity, Movement
"The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."
Tags: Philosophy, Life, Nature, Existentialism, Melancholy
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