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Tom Stoppard Quotes

I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead Picture Quote #1

I'd push the lot of you over a cliff myself. Except the one in the wheelchair, I think I'd lose the sympathy vote before people had time to think it through Picture Quote #1

It is a defect of God's humour that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them Picture Quote #1

I will take his secret to the grave, telling people along the way. Betrayal is no sin if it is whimsical Picture Quote #1

The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say Picture Quote #1

We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else Picture Quote #1

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Death is not anything... Death is not... It's the absence of presence, nothing more... The endless time of never coming back... A gap you can't see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes no sound Picture Quote #1

For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure Picture Quote #1

Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that which is taken to be true. It's the currency of living. There may be nothing behind it, but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honored Picture Quote #1

If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented, there'd be nothing left except a lot of people getting rained on Picture Quote #1

I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion Picture Quote #1

We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation Picture Quote #1

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What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid? Picture Quote #1

Art cannot be subordinate to its subject, otherwise it is not art but biography Picture Quote #1

Hell is very likely to be modernization infinitely extended Picture Quote #1

A circle is the longest distance to same point Picture Quote #1

You’re familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics? Picture Quote #1

I’m going to be dead before I read the books I’m going to read Picture Quote #1

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The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is Picture Quote #1

Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought Picture Quote #1

I didn’t feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches,... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that’s not true Picture Quote #1

If you were handed power on a plate you’d be left fighting over a plate Picture Quote #1

I don’t really have a system or set of principles. It’s kind of common sense mixed up with instinct Picture Quote #1

If rationality were the criterion for things being allowed to exist, the world would be one gigantic field of soya beans! Picture Quote #1

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There would be this algebraic equation with an equals sign in the middle, and all the components would have different letters of the alphabet. It would come out right with x z^2 t/q=y co, and the co would be clothes off! Picture Quote #1

I’m hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why Picture Quote #1

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life Picture Quote #1

When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I’ve dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells Picture Quote #1

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors Picture Quote #1

Fatherlessness didn’t strike me as being an event. It was a state of life Picture Quote #1

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I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I'd push the lot of you over a cliff myself. Except the one in the wheelchair, I think I'd lose the sympathy vote before people had time to think it through (Tom Stoppard Quotes) It is a defect of God's humour that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I will take his secret to the grave, telling people along the way. Betrayal is no sin if it is whimsical (Tom Stoppard Quotes) The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say (Tom Stoppard Quotes) We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Death is not anything... Death is not... It's the absence of presence, nothing more... The endless time of never coming back... A gap you can't see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes no sound (Tom Stoppard Quotes) For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that which is taken to be true. It's the currency of living. There may be nothing behind it, but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honored (Tom Stoppard Quotes) If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented, there'd be nothing left except a lot of people getting rained on (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion (Tom Stoppard Quotes) We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation (Tom Stoppard Quotes) What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid? (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Art cannot be subordinate to its subject, otherwise it is not art but biography (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Hell is very likely to be modernization infinitely extended (Tom Stoppard Quotes) A circle is the longest distance to same point (Tom Stoppard Quotes) You’re familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics? (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I’m going to be dead before I read the books I’m going to read (Tom Stoppard Quotes) The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I didn’t feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches,... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that’s not true (Tom Stoppard Quotes) If you were handed power on a plate you’d be left fighting over a plate (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I don’t really have a system or set of principles. It’s kind of common sense mixed up with instinct (Tom Stoppard Quotes) If rationality were the criterion for things being allowed to exist, the world would be one gigantic field of soya beans! (Tom Stoppard Quotes) There would be this algebraic equation with an equals sign in the middle, and all the components would have different letters of the alphabet. It would come out right with x z^2 t/q=y co, and the co would be clothes off! (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I’m hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why (Tom Stoppard Quotes) I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life (Tom Stoppard Quotes) When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I’ve dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells (Tom Stoppard Quotes) A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors (Tom Stoppard Quotes) Fatherlessness didn’t strike me as being an event. It was a state of life (Tom Stoppard Quotes)

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