Age Quotes
We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.C. C. Colton
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.Ansel Adams
Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows one to risk that marriage.Gloria Steinem
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.Horace Greeley
Me, we. Supposedly the shortest quote in the English language delivered at a Harvard graduation.Muhammad Ali
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way throughout a thousand obstacles.Washington Irving
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self - Evident.Arthur Schopenhaue
We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears.John Ruskin
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.Lewis Thomas
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.Bertrand Russell
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.J. B. Priestley
If you had the seeds of pestilence in your body you would not have a more active contagion that you have in your tempers, tastes, and principles. Simply to be in this world, whatever you are, is to exert an influence, compared with which mere language and persuasion are feeble.Horace Bushnell
Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self - Righteous isolation.John Dewey
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!Richard Jeni
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. N. B. This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast.William Congreve
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.George Eliot
Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety other women cloyThe appetites they feed, but she makes hungryWhere most she satisfies.William Shakespeare
If we want a love message to be heard, it has to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.Mother Theresa
I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.Helena Rubinstein
By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may makes advances in morality, but all mankind together are making a continual progress in proportion as the universe grows older; so that the whole human race, during the course of so many ages, may be considered as one man, who never ceases to live and learn.Blaise Pascal
Never feel self - Pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.Millicent Fenwick
We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.Rosalind Sussman Yalow
Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not. knows no release from little things.Amelia Earhart Putnam
In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him."Aqualung" - Jethro Tull
The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.Rachel Blanchard
Thought Why does man kill He kills for food. And not only food frequently there must be a beverage.Woody Allen
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.Carl Hermann Voss
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.E. e. cummings
The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page.Neil Postman
You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.Joe Schwartz
A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.Cicero
Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage, and half - Shut afterwards.Benjamin Franklin
Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.Dean Koontz
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.Charlie Chaplin
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.Candice Bergen
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.Charles de Gaulle
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant.John Simon
