We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Burning Bridges Quotes

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.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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......

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...

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...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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...

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

I think 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.

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

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

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

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......

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.

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...

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.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.