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

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...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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.

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.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

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

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

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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......

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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...

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......

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.

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...

If your friend says of some picture, Yes, but what does it mean? ask him,...

If your friend says of some picture, Yes, but what does it mean? ask him,...