--- title: "4 Existentialism Quotes By Stewart Stafford" description: "4 Existentialism quotes by Stewart Stafford. Plus more from Stewart Stafford and more Existentialism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/stewart-stafford-3104_control_we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sen_1255115.jpg" --- > [“We’re all locked in the self-imposed sentence of our omnipotent, omnipresent digital cells now, with our PINs and biometric passwords as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sentence-of-our-omnipotent/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/stewart-stafford-3104_control_we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sen_1255115.jpg) > [“The Liquid Pantomime by Stewart Stafford Time is life’s shareholder: Youth’s dark angel investor, Midlife’s white shark creditor, The old's Arctic blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/the-liquid-pantomime-by-stewart-stafford-time-is-life-s-shareholder/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/stewart-stafford-3104_ageing_the-liquid-pantomime-by-stewart-stafford_1679719.jpg) > [“Bait and Switch by Stewart Stafford Cutthroats robbed me with daggers by night, I cried out ere they melted back to shade:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/bait-and-switch-by-stewart-stafford-cutthroats-robbed-me-with-daggers/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/stewart-stafford-3104_burglary_bait-and-switch-by-stewart-stafford-cutt_2240784.jpg) > [“In the digital age, we may become self-important enough to be recognised, but never truly important enough to be known or valued.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/in-the-digital-age-we-may-become-self-important-enough-to-be/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/stewart-stafford-3104_alienation_in-the-digital-age-we-may-become-self-im_2413676.jpg) ## Other authors on Existentialism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-camus-10482.jpg) Albert Camus 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/albert-camus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jean-paul-sartre-220.jpg) Jean-Paul Sartre 48 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/jean-paul-sartre/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/simone-de-beauvoir/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rollo-may-80838.jpg) Rollo May 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/rollo-may/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fernando-pessoa-34979.jpg) Fernando Pessoa 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/fernando-pessoa/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/bangambiki-habyarimana/) - [Søren Kierkegaard 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/s-ren-kierkegaard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-schopenhauer-15054.jpg) Arthur Schopenhauer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/arthur-schopenhauer/) ## More by Stewart Stafford > [“If an artist can occupy the void of artistry while simultaneously parodying its iconography, they can have their metaphorical cake and cannibalise its crumbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/if-an-artist-can-occupy-the-void-of-artistry-while-simultaneously/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Leaches Ten Tall by Stewart Stafford Don't play this game with me, Predatory whelk of tide pools, Taint me as Rigoletto to a bawd,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/leaches-ten-tall-by-stewart-stafford-don-t-play-this-game-with-me/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Being an immigrant is not a status but a state of mind. It doesn’t stop when you “assimilate” or “integrate” or when you go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/being-an-immigrant-is-not-a-status-but-a-state-of-mind-it-doesn-t/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Pathological liars lie most often to themselves about their ability to fool others. They think they're geniuses at it when most people see through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/pathological-liars-lie-most-often-to-themselves-about-their-ability/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“I've been 21 for many years now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/i-ve-been-21-for-many-years-now/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“For even in the pit of darkness, the beacon of humanity can always shine through.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/for-even-in-the-pit-of-darkness-the-beacon-of-humanity-can-always/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Season's Greetings by Stewart Stafford Season's Greetings To those we are needing, While I am leading The Festive charge. Christmas love is fleeting, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/season-s-greetings-by-stewart-stafford-season-s-greetings-to-those-we/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“If anyone ever reported my death incorrectly, I'd confirm it was true on Twitter and that I was tweeting through a Ouija board.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/if-anyone-ever-reported-my-death-incorrectly-i-d-confirm-it-was-true/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Fortunately, most of our vital physiological functions are involuntary, as some amongst us would forget them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/fortunately-most-of-our-vital-physiological-functions-are-involuntary/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Life is an endless trial and death its certain verdict, but there are many recesses to enjoy before then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/life-is-an-endless-trial-and-death-its-certain-verdict-but-there-are/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“The problem with 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend,' is that once the common enemy is gone, you usually end up fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/the-problem-with-the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend-is-that-once-the/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“The bravest thing David Bowie ever did was to go on stage after Queen at Live Aid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/the-bravest-thing-david-bowie-ever-did-was-to-go-on-stage-after-queen/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“In icy footsteps do actors tread in moonlight's chill, In crystalline depth, The players set, To entertain and do no ill. © Stewart Stafford,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/in-icy-footsteps-do-actors-tread-in-moonlight-s-chill-in-crystalline/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“Death is not the villain of the piece. It is the next phase of life in unfamiliar clothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/death-is-not-the-villain-of-the-piece-it-is-the-next-phase-of-life-in/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) > [“An internet minute is the apparent nanosecond it takes for a breaking news story to be dubbed fake and/or a conspiracy on social media.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/an-internet-minute-is-the-apparent-nanosecond-it-takes-for-a-breaking/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/stewart-stafford/#itemlist", "name": "4 Existentialism Quotes By Stewart Stafford", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We’re all locked in the self-imposed sentence of our omnipotent, omnipresent digital cells now, with our PINs and biometric passwords as the jailer's keys.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stewart Stafford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sentence-of-our-omnipotent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/stewart-stafford-3104_control_we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sen_1255115.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/stewart-stafford-3104_control_we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sen_1255115.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/stewart-stafford-3104_control_we-re-all-locked-in-the-self-imposed-sen_1255115.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We’re all locked in the self-imposed sentence of our omnipotent, omnipresent digital cells now, with our…” — Stewart Stafford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Liquid Pantomime by Stewart Stafford Time is life’s shareholder: Youth’s dark angel investor, Midlife’s white shark creditor, The old's Arctic blood liquidator. 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