Eternity's a terrible thought

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

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...

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...

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

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

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

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.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

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

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

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...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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

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

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

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...

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.