Age Quotes - Page 101

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

The age of automation is going to be the age of "do it yourself".

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It's a liberating philosophy. It is a magnificent philosophy. It is a philosophy for the ages, for all times.

As a teenager, I didn’t want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite in order to enjoy life. The highest calling is that of the man who has dedicated his life to serving God and doing good, and who unites with a woman in order to further that purpose.

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If you go through life and you don't love ... and if you go through life and you don't tell those whom you love that you love them.

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.

In the African matrilineal society, the lineage of the bloodline comes down through the female side. The Arabs who invaded East Africa and other parts of Africa reversed it to the patrilineal where everything comes down through the male side and the woman has no basic rights except that which the male is willing to grant her.

I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.

Civilization may progress, human nature will remain the same throughout all ages.

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.

The aim of life is to be fully born, though its tragedy is that most of us die before we are thus born.

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.