Tom Stoppard Quotes

Imagination without skill gives us contemporary art.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

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

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

We're having a philosophical discussion about the yob ethics of professional footballers.

Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

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

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.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.