Quote #62

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

More from Tom Stoppard

  1. I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
  2. It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.
  3. A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
  4. It's better to be quotable than to be honest.
  5. When Harold Pinter was lobbying to have London's Comedy Theatre renamed the Pinter Theatre, Stoppard wrote back: 'Have you thought, instead…
  6. It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.
  7. I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
  8. My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.

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