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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Luck Quotes

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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

It's 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.

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...

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...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her...

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her...