Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Certainty Quotes, Joy Quotes

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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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.

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.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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.

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...

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

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

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.