Home / Quotes / Quote by Samuel Beckett

Quote by Samuel Beckett

“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that… Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, with a will, in the beginning. But it's always the same thing. Yes, it's like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don't laugh any more.”

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Book:Endgame and Act Without Words

Work

Endgame and Act Without Words

This book is a compilation of thought-provoking essays and poems that delve into profound questions about the nature of life, the inevitability of death, and the human condition. The works within are characterized by their introspective nature and their ability to provoke deep reflection among readers. more

Author

Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His works are characterized by their minimalist style, existential themes, and use of language. His most famous works include 'Waiting for Godot' and 'Molloy'. Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. more

You May Also Like

“It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.”

Father Language Daughter Code Manuals Exchanging

Author:Aimee Bender

“What do you mean by meant? Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is it the only value passing time as comfortably as possible?”

Giving Mean Art Values Given Struggle Finals Valuable Passing Passings Fleeting Futility

Book:The Fault in Our Stars

Source: The Fault in Our Stars

“So let the storm rage. Let the storm rage.”

Author:Ahmed Toufiq

“The middle class, in any society, plays the role of graphite rods in nuclear reactors: they slow down the reaction and, if it weren't for them, the reactor would explode. A society without a middle class is a society primed for explosion.”

Ifs Play Class Roles Middle Nuclear Reactions Middle Class Slow Down Explosions Nuclear Reactors

Author:Ahmed Toufiq

“It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.”

People Ifs Easy Talking Ears Glasses People Talking

Book:A Hat Full of Sky: (Discworld Novel 32)

Source: A Hat Full of Sky: (Discworld Novel 32)

“Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place?”

Ifs Giving Trying Firsts Opportunity Fear Process Levels Missing Comfort Prosperity Scary What If Harvest

Book:Fields of Gold

Source: Fields of Gold

“...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.”

Giving Comfort Obedience Zone Comfort Zone Careless Irresponsibility

Book:Fields of Gold

Source: Fields of Gold

“If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.”

Ifs Needs Should Ideas Matter God Christian Religious Brother Unexpected Somewhere Else Your Brother

Author:Andy Stanley

“Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.”

Mother Fate Blue Breakfast

Book:The Raven Boys

Source: The Raven Boys

“Unhappy, but not unhappy enough.”

Book:Ends and Odds

Source: Ends and Odds