Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

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...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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.

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.

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

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

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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 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...

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...