Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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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.

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.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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......

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.

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.

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...

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.

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that...

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.