--- title: "15 Littles Quotes By Samuel Beckett" description: "15 Littles quotes by Samuel Beckett. Plus more from Samuel Beckett and more Littles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/samuel-beckett-365_happiness_i-had-little-talent-for-happiness-173204_1732047.png" --- > [I had little talent for happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-had-little-talent-for-happiness/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/samuel-beckett-365_happiness_i-had-little-talent-for-happiness-173204_1732047.png) > [To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/to-every-man-his-little-cross-till-he-dies-and-is-forgotten/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/samuel-beckett-365_cross_to-every-man-his-little-cross-till-he-di_2544793.png) > [How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/how-can-one-better-magnify-the-almighty-than-by-sniggering-with-him/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/samuel-beckett-365_almighty_how-can-one-better-magnify-the-almighty_2119055.png) > [Hardly had the glow been kindled by some good deed on your part or by some little triumph over your rivals or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/hardly-had-the-glow-been-kindled-by-some-good-deed-on-your-part-or-by/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/samuel-beckett-365_achievement_hardly-had-the-glow-been-kindled-by-some_1469747.jpg) > [Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/memories-are-killing-so-you-must-not-think-of-certain-things-of-those/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/samuel-beckett-365_certain_memories-are-killing-so-you-must-not-thi_2292242.jpg) > [I open the door of the cell and go. I am so bowed I only see my feet, if I open my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-open-the-door-of-the-cell-and-go-i-am-so-bowed-i-only-see-my-feet/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/samuel-beckett-365_black_i-open-the-door-of-the-cell-and-go-i-am_2668880.png) > [I speak for an art ... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-speak-for-an-art-weary-of-its-puny-exploits-weary-of-pretending-to/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/samuel-beckett-365_able_i-speak-for-an-art-weary-of-its-puny-exp_1476240.png) > [For in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/for-in-me-there-have-always-been-two-fools-among-others-one-asking/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/samuel-beckett-365_asking_for-in-me-there-have-always-been-two-foo_152261.png) > [There is this to be said for Dachsunds of such length and lowness as Nelly, that it makes very little difference to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/there-is-this-to-be-said-for-dachsunds-of-such-length-and-lowness-as/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/samuel-beckett-365_appearance_there-is-this-to-be-said-for-dachsunds-o_789812.png) > [Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/love-that-is-all-i-asked-a-little-love-daily-twice-daily-fifty-years/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/samuel-beckett-365_affection_love-that-is-all-i-asked-a-little-love-d_2521549.png) > [I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-know-those-little-phrases-that-seem-so-innocuous-and-once-you-let/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/samuel-beckett-365_communication_i-know-those-little-phrases-that-seem-so_749262.jpg) > [And truly it little matters what I say, this or that or any other thing. Saying is inventing. Wrong, very rightly wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/and-truly-it-little-matters-what-i-say-this-or-that-or-any-other/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/samuel-beckett-365_escaping_and-truly-it-little-matters-what-i-say-t_2356162.png) > [Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished. Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/finished-it-s-finished-nearly-finished-it-must-be-nearly-finished/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/samuel-beckett-365_dimensions_finished-it-s-finished-nearly-finished-i_505804.png) > [The fact is, it seems, that the most you can hope is to be a little less, in the end, the creature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/the-fact-is-it-seems-that-the-most-you-can-hope-is-to-be-a-little/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/samuel-beckett-365_beginning_the-fact-is-it-seems-that-the-most-you-c_2836982.png) > [And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/and-what-i-have-what-i-am-is-enough-was-always-enough-for-me-and-as/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/samuel-beckett-365_coming_and-what-i-have-what-i-am-is-enough-was_850727.png) ## Other authors on Littles ## 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/littles/samuel-beckett/#itemlist", "name": "15 Littles Quotes By Samuel Beckett", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had little talent for happiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Beckett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/i-had-little-talent-for-happiness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/samuel-beckett-365_happiness_i-had-little-talent-for-happiness-173204_1732047.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/samuel-beckett-365_happiness_i-had-little-talent-for-happiness-173204_1732047.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/samuel-beckett-365_happiness_i-had-little-talent-for-happiness-173204_1732047.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had little talent for happiness.” — Samuel Beckett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To every man his little cross. 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