Logo
Quote by Tom Stoppard
The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to

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

Other quotes by Tom Stoppard

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

Category:
Change
Author
Tom Stoppard
Read Quote

A healthy attitude is contagious but dont wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. – Tom Stoppard

Category:
Attitude
Author
Tom Stoppard
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
power
category

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power. – Jeff Goodell

Category:
power

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late! – Jane Siberry

Category:
power

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current but I am not at liberty to travel that road. – Benjamin F. Wade

Category:
power

Hes really sort of the devil. Hes completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. Its about power with Voldemort. Its an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive. – Ralph Fiennes

Category:
power

Random Quotes

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that Ill never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence. – Ian Mcewan

Category:
Intelligence

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed. – Patrick Henry

Category:
Family

Good Morning America exploited Joan Lundens pregnancy, but you wont see me bringing my babies on the air. The only reason Im talking about the babies at all is that theyve been with me on the show since I became pregnant. After a while, I had to acknowledge this pumpkin tummy. – Jane Pauley

Category:
Morning

Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own. – Studs Terkel

Category:
Jazz