746 Quotes by Samuel Beckett

Estragon: And if he doesn't come?Vladimir: (after a moment of bewilderment) We'll see when the time comes.

VLADIMIR: Dance, hog!

Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.

Personally of course I regret everything.Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need,not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy,not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust,not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear,not a name, not a face, no time, no place...that I do not regret, exceedingly.An ordure, from beginning to end.

Poets are the sense, philosophers­­ the intelligence­­ of humanity.

VLADIMIR: You should have been a poet. ESTRAGON: I was. (Gesture towards his rags.) Isn’t that obvious?

You should have been a poet.""I was." (Gesture towards his rags.) "Isn't that obvious?

The trouble with tragedy is the fuss it makes about life and death and other tupenny aches.

POZZO: I woke up one fine day as blind as Fortune. Sometimes I wonder if I'm not still asleep.VLADIMIR: And when was that?POZZO: I don't know.VLADIMIR: But no later than yesterday—POZZO: Don't question me! The blind have no notion of time . The things of time are hidden from them too.VLADIMIR: Well just fancy that! I could have sworn it was just the opposite.