Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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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...

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

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

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...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

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...

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

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

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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...

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.

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...

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 samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.