“The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about — clouds, daffodils, waterfalls, what happens in a cup of coffee when the cream goes in — these things are full of mystery, as mysterious to us as the heavens were to the Greeks.”
"Age is a high price to pay for maturity."
- Tom Stoppard
Awareness
"It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting."
- Tom Stoppard
Awareness
"Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster."
- Tom Stoppard
Adversity
"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."
- Tom Stoppard
Creativity
"Every exit is an entry somewhere else."
- Tom Stoppard
Change
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy