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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Certainty Quotes, Facts Quotes, Principles Quotes, Truth Quotes

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

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 being in harmony with what you are.

Beauty is being in harmony with what you are.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...