Samuel Beckett Quotes

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.

Samuel Beckett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 13, 1906 - December 22, 1989

Topics

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Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

Jerry Kramer

LifeBestMy LifePlayWatching

I've actually taken companies public, I've actually busted companies, I've actually gone broke.

Robert Kiyosaki

GoneBrokeTakenPublicActually

I'm one of the best players in the world. I think I can be proud about this.

Angelique Kerber

BestWorldProudThinkI CanAbout

I have met in my life two big destroyers: Gorbachev, who destroyed the Soviet Union, and Cameron, who destroyed the United Kingdom to some extent, even if there is no wave of Scotland to become independent.

Jean-Claude Juncker

LifeWaveMy LifeIndependentBecome

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

John Ruskin

GoodWeatherBadBad WeatherKinds

As long as we remain committed to holding high our individuals of supreme finish, others will be inspired to loose themselves of the gravity of the waywards and downtroddens.

John Ridley

LongGravityWillOthersHighLoose

That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.

Amir Khan

FightWinBoxingPunch

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Steve Jobs

BusinessBestMistakesYouSometimes

I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun,' who'd never made a movie before.

Steven Spielberg

TimeSunChristianYouLookBack

I went to a fashion show, and this silver-haired guy was staring at me with these piercing water-blue eyes. It scared me because I absolutely saw and knew my entire future.

Tom Ford

FutureEyesMeFashionStaringGuy

We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the teachers who are teaching their children. We need families to question day-care centers, to question other children and their own as to what goes on.

Rod McKuen

EducationHomeChildrenParentsSex

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

Mike Lee

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