The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. - David Hare

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Surely our job while we're here on Earth is to learn about the world, not to create parallel universes. - David Hare

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No one but a fool is always right. - David Hare

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A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work. — Maurice Wilkes

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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.- David Hare

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Early on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life. Events of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life. — Ala Bashir

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. - David Hare

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The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft. - David Hare

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As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time. - David Hare

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When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths. - David Hare

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