If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music, and of aviation.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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

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

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...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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

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

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

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......

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...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it...

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it...