Top 200 Stewart Stafford Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Domineering-types may appear omnipotent but, inevitably, will smother everything they love and lose all.”

— Stewart Stafford

152. “Life doesn’t end, you just run out of road.”

— Stewart Stafford

153. “Time spent reading a book, even a bad one, is never wasted.”

— Stewart Stafford

154. “Writing is a series of verbal suggestions designed to provoke a psychological reaction and an aesthetic experience.”

— Stewart Stafford

155. “The autocorrect on my phone must be a pacifist. Every time I type ″going to war″, it changes it to ″going to eat.″ Either that or it’s getting kickbacks from the local restaurants.”

— Stewart Stafford

156. “A traitor only becomes one if their plot is discovered. The imposition of guilt means nothing to those who feign loyalty. More skilled conspirators wield treason as a clinical tool of regime change and political expediency. Then, with their own hand writing history, such traitors may wear the clothes of patriots.”

— Stewart Stafford

157. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

159. “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

160. “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

161. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

163. “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

164. “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

165. “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

166. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

168. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

170. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

172. “Anarchy can only ever be a temporary state. As with other creatures on this planet, it is human nature to crave the security of creating hierarchical structures. Our major religions are based on the same concept. Even the Antichrist has an antithetical hierarchy in Hell.”

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

175. “Irrelevance only creeps up on you if you let it.”

— Stewart Stafford

176. “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

177. “Never become an adult! They’re stressed-out, miserable creatures.”

— Stewart Stafford

178. “Truth is the crossroads of perspective.”

— Stewart Stafford

179. “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

180. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

183. “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

184. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

188. “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

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

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

— Stewart Stafford

194. “You don’t get great art by playing it safe.”

— Stewart Stafford

195. “Martyrdom, the fanaticism of being willing to die for one’s beliefs, is the essential ingredient in making others want to follow the code left behind by that sacrificial example.”

— Stewart Stafford

196. “In times of oppression, bury the quality of mercy deep inside, so that your oppressor’s brutality can never damage it or you. Once free, bring this hidden shard of humanity back into your heart again and live the life denied to you.”

— Stewart Stafford

197. “People will hunt obsessively for months or even years to find the right home to live in. When it comes to love though, they expect their future soulmate to appear out of thin air as they enter the next bar or club they go to.”

— Stewart Stafford

198. “If an artist can occupy the void of artistry while simultaneously parodying its iconography, they can have their metaphorical cake and cannibalise its crumbs too.”

— Stewart Stafford

199. “Most people think of Stephen King as a horror author, but his best work usually comes with a side order of nostalgic Americana.”

— Stewart Stafford

200. “Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood.”

— Stewart Stafford