I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.Tom Stoppard
I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others.Tom Stoppard
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.Tom Stoppard
Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'Tom Stoppard
I just happen to know quite a lot of what happened in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and the fall of Communism.Tom Stoppard
For me, the reputation for teaching language in general, and East European languages most particularly, gave Glasgow University, and by reflection the country, a distinction.Tom Stoppard
The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe they need to speak to me in order to do their dissertation. They need to interview me.Tom Stoppard
If I am on a journey where I only have time to read one-and-a-half books, I never know which one-and-a-half I'll feel like reading. So I bring eight.Tom Stoppard
