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The Bald Soprano and Other Plays QUOTES

The Bald Soprano and Other Plays QUOTES

1 " I'd rather lay an egg in a box than go and steal an ox. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

2 " Now didn't I warn you, just a little while ago: arithmetic leads to philology, and philology leads to crime . . . "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

3 " I'm looking for a monophysite priest to marry our maid. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

4 " We've eaten well this evening. That's because we live in the suburbs of London and because our name is Smith. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

5 " MRS. SMITH: Well, this is how it was. It is difficult for me to speak openly to you, but a fireman is also a confessor. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

6 " The Dog and the Cow,” an experimental fable. Once upon a time another cow asked another dog: “Why have you not swallowed your trunk?” “Pardon me,” replied the dog, “it is because I thought that I was an elephant. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

7 " My boy! It's really true, you really love hashed brown potatoes? You make me so happy. JACK [without conviction]: Yes, I like them, I adore them! "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

8 " OLD MAN: Make believe yourself, it's your turn. OLD WOMAN: It's your turn. OLD MAN: Your turn. OLD WOMAN: Your turn OLD MAN: Your turn. OLD WOMAN: Your turn. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

9 " PUPIL: I can count to . . . to infinity. PROFESSOR: That's not possible, miss. PUPIL: Well then, let's say to sixteen. PROFESSOR: That is enough. One must know one's limits. Count "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

10 " All doctors are quacks. And all patients too. Only the Royal Navy is honest in England. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

11 " PUPIL: Are the roots of words square? PROFESSOR: Square or cube. That depends. PUPIL: I've got a toothache. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

12 " PROFESSOR: Good, let's go on. I tell you, let's go on . . . How would you say, for example, in French: the roses of my grandmother are as yellow as my grandfather who was Asiatic? "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

13 " How bizarre, curious, strange! Then, madam, we live in the same room and we sleep in the same bed, dear lady. It is perhaps there that we have met! "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

14 " Who has any interest in prolonging this confusion? I don't know. Let's not try to know. Let's leave things as they are. [ "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

15 " Experience teaches us that when one hears the doorbell ring it is because there is never anyone there. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

16 " When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to understand more easily than most what it was all about. "

― Eugène Ionesco , The Bald Soprano and Other Plays