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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Luck Quotes

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...

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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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

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

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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...

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...

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?

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...

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......

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

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

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

When you accomplish these feelings of Certainty and Faith even for a few seconds, you...

When you accomplish these feelings of Certainty and Faith even for a few seconds, you...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...