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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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 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...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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...

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...

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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

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...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like...

The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like...

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?