Ingmar Bergman Quotes

A nothing will serve just as well as a something about which nothing could be said.

Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant.

My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss

I searched all areas of knowledge, and not only did I fail to find anything, but I was convinced that all those who had explored as I did had also come up with nothing. Not only had they found nothing, but they had clearly acknowledged the same thing that had brought me to despair: the only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.

Nothing that actually occurs is of the smallest importance

You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.

No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.

I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to the point of nausea. My secret demon is called:;: What's the use?

I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.

Everything in the world is gloriously meaningless.

Once you see that everything is unreal, you can't see why you should bother to prove it.

The point is there ain't no point.

Nothing matters. Nothing matters.

I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.

If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.

Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada.

Man is vile, and man makes nothing worth making, knows nothing worth knowing.

Vile worm, thou wast o'erlook'd even in thy birth.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

I'm afraid it's not much use to you, Mr. Rumblebuffin.' Not at all. Not at all.' said the giant politely. 'Never met a nicer hankerchee.

Why, this hath not a finger's dignity.

I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.