It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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.

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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

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...

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.

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...

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......

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...

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......

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You...

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You...

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead