Ugo Betti Quotes


"There is no forgiveness in nature."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Forgiveness, Nature)

"This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Business, Free will)

"Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Life, Nothing)

"Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: People, Idea, Nothing)

"All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Fact, Giving, Name)

"I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Family, World)

"If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Sense, Sentiment, Shame)

"'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Idea, Man, Nothing)

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Time, Memories)

"The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way."
- Ugo Betti
(Related: Friend, First, Meeting, Old, Temptation, Years)