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Tom Stoppard Quotes

Tom Stoppard quotes about death

English Playwright, Critic July 3, 1937

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Whatever became of the momentwhen one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never occurred to me at all. We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it, before we know that there are words, out we come, bloodied and squalling... with the knowledge that for all the points of the... Tom Stoppard
Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don’t go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it. Tom Stoppard
Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! You scream and choke and sink to your knees but it doesn't bring death home to anyone- it doesn't catch them unawares and start the whisper in their skulls that says- 'One day you are going to die. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know..."
As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know what death is, it is illogical to fear it. Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat? Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats. Tom Stoppard
Well, he us a nab, he is mortal, death comes to us all, etcetera, and consequently he would have died anyways, sooner or later. Or to look at it from the social point of view - he's just one man among many, the loss would be well within reason and convenience. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a..."
Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the..."
I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it. Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard quote: "Death is the ultimate negative."
Death is the ultimate negative. Tom Stoppard

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