Top 200 Stewart Stafford Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Yes, we all die but there’s a tendency to focus on the end too much. Life can be a wondrous, sparkling comet trail that we leave in our wake for others to marvel at.”

— Stewart Stafford

152. “Interstellar travel is like a flight to Australia on acid.”

— Stewart Stafford

153. “Maintain an active mind: alert to the possibilities and mischievous in your pursuit of them.”

— Stewart Stafford

154. “If I wake up in the morning and see a bedroom ceiling, I say: “Another day? Let’s go!” If I woke up and saw a wooden coffin or urn lid, I’d probably say: “Oh... back to bed.”

— Stewart Stafford

155. “I once witnessed a rather unfortunate production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet – the lead actor didn’t know his existential angst from his iambic pentameter and, alas, poor Yorick was a bemused bystander.”

— Stewart Stafford

156. “Marriage is the Rubik’s Cube of the 21st Century – something young people are fascinated with but have no idea how to do.”

— Stewart Stafford

157. “Never enter the home of another with dust on your shoes and selfish expectations in your heart.”

— Stewart Stafford

158. “Micro-managing creativity kills it. To encourage creative brilliance, foster an atmosphere where it can thrive and then step out of the way and let it happen.”

— Stewart Stafford

159. “Questioning the morals, motives, and actions of a nation-state is not an expression of hatred for it or its predominant religion.”

— Stewart Stafford

160. “Nature, with its paradoxical twin firmaments of breathtaking beauty and extreme cruelty, never explains itself and cares even less for our admiration and acceptance.”

— Stewart Stafford

161. “A great story can change the world.”

— Stewart Stafford

162. “A superhero is just an ordinary person who has found a better way to mask their human frailties.”

— Stewart Stafford

163. “A man will never receive an invitation to participate in the secret relationships the woman in his life has with other females.”

— Stewart Stafford

164. “Across a golden Autumn tapestry appear the spirits of our ancient selves demanding recognition and reward for one haunted night. Sated, they retreat from winter’s onslaught and retire to subconscious hibernation for another twelvemonth.”

— Stewart Stafford

165. “If drinking alcohol gives people Dutch courage, then drinking coffee gives me Dutch energy.”

— Stewart Stafford

166. “An oppressive nature is like inclement weather, surrounding others and crushing them down with its infectious gloom.”

— Stewart Stafford

167. “Going on stage always felt like being shot out of a cannon. My stomach would tighten as I got closer to the backstage area. You wondered why you put yourself through all the stress. Then BOOM! You’re on, adrenalin pumping, and thinking: “THIS is why I do it!”

— Stewart Stafford

168. “I read a report that said 88% of adults trust their doctors – well, 100% of dead people don’t!”

— Stewart Stafford

169. “If you’re thinking of a social media spring clean, start with those who never comment on or like anything you post – they’re just spying on you. Next, lose the ones who only contact when they have something to sell or promote – they’re using you.”

— Stewart Stafford

170. “Truth is the crossroads of perspective.”

— Stewart Stafford

171. “There is a way of walking through rain without getting hit by a single drop – you just have to find what it is.”

— Stewart Stafford

172. “Jealousy, that diseased crow pecking at your heart.”

— Stewart Stafford

173. “The trouble with being a rock of sense is that, eventually, you lose the sense and become the rock.”

— Stewart Stafford

174. “People say they don’t believe in luck: luck is the reason the dinosaurs got wiped out and why human beings became the new dominant species on this planet.”

— Stewart Stafford

175. “White males can’t win these days – if they have something, they’re “privileged” and if they want something, they’re displaying “entitlement.”

— Stewart Stafford

176. “Birthdays are happy as a child, defeatist with age and joyful again at surviving another year.”

— Stewart Stafford

177. “No one gets out of this world alive... except astronauts.”

— Stewart Stafford

178. “A eulogy is a life lived with a loved one or friend condensed into a few moments relating poignant and witty stories about them to a hushed congregation. The deceased has then an eternity to ponder the remarks with the possibility of spectral visitations to request a retraction.”

— Stewart Stafford

179. “Sickness is a benign rehearsal for death. With luck, some other understudy will go on in your stead before your final bow becomes inevitable.”

— Stewart Stafford

180. “Life is an endless trial and death its certain verdict, but there are many recesses to enjoy before then.”

— Stewart Stafford

181. “Unhinging reason temporarily can sometimes be the only rational response to an insane world.”

— Stewart Stafford

182. “Florid language frequently leads to merry lovemaking when accompanied by the correct diction, syntax, and timing.”

— Stewart Stafford

183. “When your life flashes before your eyes at the end, make sure it’s a good movie you’re watching.”

— Stewart Stafford

184. “I used to be scared of death until I found out it’s now called ‘end of life.’ Phew, that was close!”

— Stewart Stafford

185. “When the condemned man saw the gallows, he knew the hypocrisy of life was over and that lies would serve him no more. He mumbled some defeated truths and left this world. The spectators were aghast and fascinated as the body swung and was still. They went about their business.”

— Stewart Stafford

186. “Geniuses die with people demanding more from them instead of showing gratitude for the incredible gifts they have shared. They contribute what they choose to, change the world and go on to the next one.”

— Stewart Stafford

187. “That knave would happily use a sextant to investigate his lineage and only tell the true Sun from a bastard.”

— Stewart Stafford

188. “Ruffian magpies and crows squabbled shrilly in the swaying tree by my window. Then, unbeknownst to me, a tiny starling with its astral plumage came closer still and made its resonant point with greater subtlety.”

— Stewart Stafford

189. “The smart voter is politically-fluid in that they don’t rigidly believe that the same viewpoint, party manifesto or individual is the poultice for all maladies in every election. They attune themselves to the zeitgeist, search for potentially-reputable parties and candidates with suitable policies and cast their vote accordingly.”

— Stewart Stafford

190. “A mistake is an experience, choice or concept it is necessary for us to have or make in order to evolve beyond it. Errors can be the launchpad of great ideas.”

— Stewart Stafford

191. “People experience art as a transformative or even transcendent experience when it really only reflects back and awakens parts of them that are already there.”

— Stewart Stafford

192. “You can tell you’re getting old when the heat blast from your birthday cake candles feels hotter than the surface of the sun.”

— Stewart Stafford

193. “Whenever I read the term ‘belief system’, somewhere between my eyes and my brain, it becomes ’coping mechanism.”

— Stewart Stafford

194. “Truth is an ideal we aspire to. Fact is an agreement on the general consensus of what truth is. Honesty is a personal truth shared.”

— Stewart Stafford

195. “Any time you see a cat, the day automatically becomes 10% better.”

— Stewart Stafford

196. “They promise us once-in-a-lifetime bargains in the orgies of consumerism that are Black Friday and Cyber Monday. More likely, we end up with precious little, vacant souls and an ever-decreasing appreciation of humanity.”

— Stewart Stafford

197. “It is often asked why the greatest performers are so timid in private. Confident people get attention naturally. Shy people must do something extraordinary or outrageous to have similar recognition.”

— Stewart Stafford

198. “Attempting to appropriate or denigrate the popularity of others will backfire and undermine yours.”

— Stewart Stafford

199. “Truly successful writers blend the personal and the profound to enlighten and entertain readers while simultaneously banking something for posterity. Remuneration is a wonderful afterthought.”

— Stewart Stafford

200. “I don’t believe in yesterday, I believe in tomorrow. Whether it’s positive or negative, the future is a new experience and not a ghostly replay of a time that was and can never be again.”

— Stewart Stafford