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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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,...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

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...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

Stop burning bridges; drive off of them, so I can forget about you.

Stop burning bridges; drive off of them, so I can forget about you.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

You don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own.

You don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own.