A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Revolution Quotes

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...