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Is life a pregnancy? That would make death a birth.
Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.
Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby
Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
I wish people would stop talking about my birthday.
Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.
Female murderers get sheaves of offers of marriage.
I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.
I know little of women. But I've heard dread tales.
I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell!
I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South.
been there done that, bought the t-shirt" Chapter 2
Writers don't need love; all they require is money.
I like to let the actors work the way they want to.
At least it's better to be married than to be dead.
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
Sanity is an illusion caused by alcohol deficiency.
To love is to be faithful to those who cheat on us.
Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.
The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!
In art as in life, some things need no translation.
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Believe that story false that ought not to be true.
Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities.
A human being is a problem in search of a solution.
Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul!
Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.
A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying.
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it
Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance.
Beauty is but a flower, which wrinkles will devour.
Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.
Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light.
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
I enjoy writing dialogue; it comes naturally to me.