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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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.

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're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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

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

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...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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......

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...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

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...