Rhinoceros and Other Plays Quotes

“Solitude seems to oppress me. And so does the company of other people.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where's your imagination? There are many sides to reality. Choose the one that's best for you. Escape into the world of imagination.”
― Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“What's chivalrous about saying you've seen a rhinoceros?”
― Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros, And Other Plays

“Another syllogism. All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“It's not that I hate people. I'm just indifferent to them—or rather, they disgust me; and they'd better keep out of my way, or I'll run them down.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“I don't believe in seeing evil in everything. I leave that to the inquisitors.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“The fact that I despise religion doesn't mean I don't esteem it highly.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately. It's”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“Do rhinoceroses cough?”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“I'll take on the whole lot of them! I'll put up a fight against the lot of them, the whole lot of them! I'm the last man left, and I'm staying that way until the end. I'm not capitulating!”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“[comes out of the bathroom] Brrr. [He trumpets again.] BERENGER: That's not what you believe fundamentally—I know you too well. You know as well as I do that mankind... JEAN: [interrupting him] Don't talk to me about mankind! BERENGER: I mean the human individual, humanism... JEAN: Humanism is all washed up! You're a ridiculous old sentimentalist. [He goes into the bathroom.] BERENGER: But you must admit that the mind... JEAN: [from the bathroom] Just clichés! You're talking rubbish! BERENGER: Rubbish! JEAN: [from the bathroom in a very hoarse voice, difficult to understand] Utter rubbish! BERENGER: I'm amazed to hear you say that, Jean,”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“But you'll never become a rhinoceros, really you won't ... you haven't got the vocation!”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays