Quotes by Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Czech Playwright

Lived from: 1937 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagCzech Republic

Born: 3 july 1937

  • It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

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  • Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
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  • Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
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  • Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?
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  • I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.
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  • I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
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  • I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
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  • If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.
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  • It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.
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  • It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
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  • It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
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  • Life is a gamble at terrible odds, if it were a bet, you would not take it.
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  • Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
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  • Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.
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  • Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
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  • The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
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  • The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.
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  • We're actors - we're the opposite of people.
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Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Tom Stoppard?

The two most famous quotes from Tom Stoppard are:

  • "Every exit is an entry somewhere else."
  • "Age is a high price to pay for maturity."

When did Tom Stoppard live?

Tom Stoppard was born in 1937.