--- title: "18 Gaze Quotes By Samuel Beckett" description: "18 Gaze quotes by Samuel Beckett. Plus more from Samuel Beckett and more Gaze sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-you-waagerrim-534380_534380.png" --- > [“VLADIMIR: You waagerrim?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-you-waagerrim/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-you-waagerrim-534380_534380.png) > [“VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it. VLADIMIR”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-to-have-lived-is-not-enough-for-them-estragon-they-have-to/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-to-have-lived-is-not-enough-for_2073472.png) > [ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this. VLADIMIR: That's what you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-i-can-t-go-on-like-this-vladimir-that-s-what-you-think/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_estragon-i-can-t-go-on-like-this-vladimi_1621764.png) > [Vladimir: Did I ever leave you? Estragon: You let me go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-did-i-ever-leave-you-estragon-you-let-me-go/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-did-i-ever-leave-you-estragon-y_3195878.png) > [POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/pozzo-i-am-blind-silence-estragon-perhaps-he-can-see-into-the-future/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/samuel-beckett-365_blind_pozzo-i-am-blind-silence-estragon-perhap_2499116.png) > [“Pozzo: I don't seem to be able...(long hesitation) to depart. Estragon: Such is life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/pozzo-i-don-t-seem-to-be-able-long-hesitation-to-depart-estragon-such/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_pozzo-i-don-t-seem-to-be-able-long-hesit_2548478.png) > [Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-what-about-hanging-ourselves-vladimir-hmm-it-d-give-us-an/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/samuel-beckett-365_erection_estragon-what-about-hanging-ourselves-vl_2489157.png) > [“ESTRAGON: Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me! VLADIMIR: Did I ever leave you? ESTRAGON: You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-don-t-touch-me-don-t-question-me-don-t-speak-to-me-stay-with/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/samuel-beckett-365_friendship_estragon-don-t-touch-me-don-t-question-m_588344.png) > [Estragon: Suppose we repented. Vladimir: Repented what? Estragon: Oh...(He reflects.) We wouldn’t have to go into the details. Vladimir: Our being born?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-suppose-we-repented-vladimir-repented-what-estragon-oh-he/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/samuel-beckett-365_born_estragon-suppose-we-repented-vladimir-re_1805569.jpg) > [VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-what-do-they-say-estragon-they-talk-about-their-lives/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/samuel-beckett-365_enough_vladimir-what-do-they-say-estragon-they_2744032.png) > [“ESTRAGON: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? VLADIMIR: (impatiently). Yes yes, we’re magicians.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-didi-to-give-us-the-impression/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-did_204014.png) > [Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-didi-to-give-us-the-impression-2/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/samuel-beckett-365_exist_estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-did_1806936.png) > [“ESTRAGON: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? VLADIMIR: (impatiently). Yes, yes, we’re magicians. But let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-didi-to-give-us-the-impression-3/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/samuel-beckett-365_english-literature_estragon-we-always-find-something-eh-did_2129100.jpg) > [“We could start all over again perhaps. ESTRAGON: That should be easy. VLADIMIR: It’s the start that’s difficult. ESTRAGON: You can start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/we-could-start-all-over-again-perhaps-estragon-that-should-be-easy/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_we-could-start-all-over-again-perhaps-es_3061035.png) > [“Vladimir: That passed the time. Estragon: It would have passed in any case. Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-that-passed-the-time-estragon-it-would-have-passed-in-any/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-that-passed-the-time-estragon-i_2878826.jpg) > [“ESTRAGON: Do you think God sees me? VLADIMIR: You must close your eyes. Estragon closes his eyes, staggers worse. ESTRAGON: (stopping, brandishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-do-you-think-god-sees-me-vladimir-you-must-close-your-eyes/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/samuel-beckett-365_close-your-eyes_estragon-do-you-think-god-sees-me-vladim_66735.png) > [“VLADIMIR: Moron! ESTRAGON: Vermin! VLADIMIR: Abortion! ESTRAGON: Morpion! VLADIMIR: Sewer-rat! ESTRAGON: Curate! VLADIMIR: Cretin! ESTRAGON: ( with finality ). Crritic! VLADIMIR: Oh!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-moron-estragon-vermin-vladimir-abortion-estragon-morpion/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-moron-estragon-vermin-vladimir_656585.png) > [“ESTRAGON: In the meantime let us try and converse calmly, since we are incapable of keeping silent. VLADIMIR: You're right, we're inexhaustible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-in-the-meantime-let-us-try-and-converse-calmly-since-we-are/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_estragon-in-the-meantime-let-us-try-and_665233.png) ## Other authors on Gaze ## More by Samuel Beckett > [“It was December, I had never felt so cold, the eel soup lay heavy on my stomach, I was afraid I'd die, I turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/it-was-december-i-had-never-felt-so-cold-the-eel-soup-lay-heavy-on-my/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [“To be always what I am - and so changed from what I was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/to-be-always-what-i-am-and-so-changed-from-what-i-was/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [To what will love not stoop!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/to-what-will-love-not-stoop/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/with-all-this-darkness-round-me-i-feel-less-alone/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [“You may say it is all in my head, and indeed sometimes it seems to me I am in a head and that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/you-may-say-it-is-all-in-my-head-and-indeed-sometimes-it-seems-to-me/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [“Here he stood. Here he sat. Here he knelt. Here he lay. Here he moved, to and fro, from the door to the window,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/here-he-stood-here-he-sat-here-he-knelt-here-he-lay-here-he-moved-to/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/what-are-we-doing-here-that-is-the-question-and-we-are-blessed-in/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-shall-state-silences-more-competently-than-ever-a-better-man/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [It is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/it-is-useless-not-to-seek-not-to-want-for-when-you-cease-to-seek-you/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/we-are-not-saints-but-we-have-kept-our-appointment-how-many-people/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/the-new-light-above-my-table-is-a-great-improvement-with-all-this/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-lay-down-across-her-with-my-face-in-her-breasts-and-my-hand-on-her/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [Women are all the bloody sameyou can't love for five minutes without wanting it abolished in brats and house bloody wifery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/women-are-all-the-bloody-sameyou-can-t-love-for-five-minutes-without/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [“ESTRAGON: Do you think God sees me? VLADIMIR: You must close your eyes. Estragon closes his eyes, staggers worse. ESTRAGON: (stopping, brandishing his fists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/estragon-do-you-think-god-sees-me-vladimir-you-must-close-your-eyes/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) > [Deplorable mania, when something happens, to inquire what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/deplorable-mania-when-something-happens-to-inquire-what/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/samuel-beckett/#itemlist", "name": "18 Gaze Quotes By Samuel Beckett", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“VLADIMIR: You waagerrim?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Beckett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/vladimir-you-waagerrim/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-you-waagerrim-534380_534380.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-you-waagerrim-534380_534380.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-beckett-365_gaze_vladimir-you-waagerrim-534380_534380.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“VLADIMIR: You waagerrim?” — Samuel Beckett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. 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