My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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

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

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.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

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.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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...

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.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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

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

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

All those memories you killed and you're just burning bridges you helped build.

All those memories you killed and you're just burning bridges you helped build.

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.