I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

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.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

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.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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?

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.

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...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.