649 Quotes by Tom Stoppard

There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it. Oh well, we'll know better next time.

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

THOMASINA:But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue!

The bad end unhappily; the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order

People do terrible things to each other, but it's worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

I renounce all love except pure philosophical love. The so-called love of human animals removes people two by two from the only possibility of happiness, which is the communion of beautiful souls.

Your opinions are your symptoms.