Terry Pratchett Quote – Inside Every Old Person
“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” – Terry Pratchett
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Leon Trotsky Quote – Old Age
“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.” – Leon Trotsky
Read moreW. Somerset Maugham Quote – Old Age Is…
“When I was young, I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Read moreSamuel Ullman Quote – Growing Old
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” – Samuel Ullman
Read moreKristin Armstrong Quote – Passage of Time
“It is the runner in me who will age gracefully. It is the runner in me who understands that the beauty of my body is in the things it can do, not the way it looks doing them. The runner in me understands that lines come from laughing on long runs and smiling into the sun. The runner in me […]
Read moreMichael Meade Quote – Rites of Passage
“Ancient peoples invented rites of passage in part to break the spell of childhood and move the initiate from the mother’s lap to the lap of the world. To this day, a person must dismantle the spell of childhood or fail to find their place in life.” – Michael Meade
Read moreStephen Colbert Quote – Say Yes
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt […]
Read moreMargaret Atwood Quote – Wisdom
“How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth shut? Maybe never. Maybe you get more frivolous with age.” – Margaret Atwood
Read moreDara O’Briain Quote – Nostalgia is heroin for old people
“Nostalgia is heroin for old people.” – Dara O’Briain
Read moreJohn A. Wheeler Quote – It Hasn’t Been Much Of A Day
“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.” – John A. Wheeler
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