Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
SAMUEL BECKETTPoets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.
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Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher’s regular, what normal woman wants affection?
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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If I was dead, I wouldn’t know I was dead. That’s the only thing I have against death. I want to enjoy my death.
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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What are we doing here, that is the question.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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What do we do now, now that we are happy?
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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