Age Quotes - Page 230

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer.

The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.

A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

I suspect that in every good marriage there are times when love seems to be over.

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age

I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may say, 'I've got a complex strategy. It can't be reduced to a page.' That's nonsense. That's not a complex strategy. It's a complex thought about the strategy.

I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'

The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.

The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.

Take it from me, marriage isn't a word - it's a sentence.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

I met Cynthia when I was 12, proposed at 16, became engaged at 17, married her at 19 and we had a baby when I was 20. If extra work could pay for a lot of diapers, that was for me.

I wasn't a great student, C average. I was pretty shy, but I drank a lot of beer.

There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tragedy is not too high a price to pay.

I love history. Everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

I started out modeling at a young age and surrounded myself with different brilliant minds. I have so many people to get educated from, and I've been a sponge.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.