Quotes 681 till 700 of 917.
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The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
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The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
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The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.
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The Tories in England had long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the monarchy, the church and beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about rent.
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.
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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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