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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

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

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

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...

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...

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......

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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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...

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...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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...

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...

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.

You sleep expecting to wake up in the morning right? Well don't. You may not...

You sleep expecting to wake up in the morning right? Well don't. You may not...

I have faith in time; its the only certainty.

I have faith in time; its the only certainty.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will...

I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will...

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But...

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But...

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense...

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense...