A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
There is no one so radical as a man-servant whose freedom of the champagne bin has been interfered with. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
They loved, and quarreled, and made up, and loved, and fought, and were true to each other and untrue. She made him… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“What is an artist? For every thousand people there's nine hundred doing the work, ninety doing well, nine doing good, and one lucky bastard… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
For 10 years of my life, 3 times a day, I thanked the Lord for what I was about to receive and thanked him… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
