Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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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...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

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...

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

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...