From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. – Tom Stoppard
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard
The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe – responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. – Tom Stoppard
It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall its a painting, and if you can walk around it its a sculpture. – Tom Stoppard