Samuel Beckett Quotes

“HAMM:Scoundrel! Why did you engender me?NAGG:I didn't know.HAMM:What? What didn't you know?NAGG:That it'd be you.(Pause.)”

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”

“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.”

“I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.”

“Success breeds success.”

“I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”

“Anti-frackers are disingenuous. They bow to the religion of environmentalism.”

“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.”

“I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.”

“If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.”