Athol Fugard Quotes

Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.

Tonight I find Hilda and say sorry. And make promise I won't beat her no more. You hear me, Boet Sam?

Doesn’t it sort of bug you that people like your dad can’t take care of the world?

I thought I was keeping it straight and I’ve suddenly wondered whether it is straight, and whether it matters whether it is or not.

Twenty-two and no strings attached. Would like letters from men of the same age or older. My \interests are beauty contests and going out. A snap with the first letter, please.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It's the likes of you that kept the Inquisition in business. It's called bigotry."

Tolstoy may have educated his peasants, but I've educated you.

Little white boy ... and a black man old enough to be his father flying a kite.

Without me breathing down your neck all the time, you’d lean even more to the right than you do now.

What's wrong with me? I'm a man. I've got eyes to see. I've got ears to listen when people talk. I've got a good head to think things. What's wrong with me?

I don't want to die.

A hint of water, a whisper of foam. Long, white tails streaming behind them as they twist and turn in the bay.

Sam, Willie ... is he in there with you boys?

I'm all right on oppression.