Eternity's a terrible thought

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Eternity Quotes

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...

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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.

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...

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

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.

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

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

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

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......

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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,...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebullience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its...

Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebullience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its...

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.