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

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...

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...

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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 truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

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.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...