I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
#quotes #chic-murray #humor

Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
#quotes #bil-keane #simplicity #tired

Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
#quotes #jane-jacobs #society #innovation #economy

The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
#quotes #virginia-postrel #family #children #work

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #marriage

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #laughing #soul

For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
#quotes #helen-suzman #criticism #law

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
#quotes #garson-kanin #night #thinking

Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
#proverbs #native-american-proverbs #past #present

I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
#quotes #tyler-the-creator #music

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
#quotes #edmund-hillary #skiing

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
#proverbs #welsh-proverbs #stupidity #wisdom

Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
#quotes #mitch-kapor #education #career #internet #motivation

There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
#quotes #adyashanti #happiness

In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
#quotes #yayoi-kusama #georgia-o-keeffe #art #books

We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
#quotes #neil-strauss #childhood #behavior

It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
#quotes #frank-stella #adults #age #life

A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #heart

Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #failure #perseverance

A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #mind