Quotes of the Week - May 20, 2008:
"I wish for the recovery of my daughter Kerstin, the love of my children,
the protection of my family and for people with heart and compassion."
-- Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman kept as sex slave by her father
for 24 years thanks people for their support in a handwritten message
on notice board in square of her home town.
"No foreigners allowed." -- Burmese police officer stops aid
workers from entering cyclone-stricken communities in Irrawaddy Delta.
"My wife wouldn't let me retire. She kicks me out of the door at
7am every morning. She's quite a formidable person." -- Sir Alex
Ferguson after his team Manchester United won Premier League title.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
-- US President George Bush explains why he quite the game in 2003.
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches,
rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story
to the same person, three or four times. Helen Rowland
At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of
us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40,
we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all. Author Unknown
Age is opportunity no less than youth itself. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its
age.
Latin: Hoc vinum Falernum annorum quadragenta est. Bene aetatem
fert. Cicero
Every man over forty is a scoundrel. George Bernard Shaw
The first forty years of life give us the text: the next
thirty supply the commentary. Arthur Schopenhauer
Life begins at forty. W. B. Pitkin
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. George William Curtis
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old
age. Victor Hugo
The I just woke up face of your 30's is the all day long
face of your 40's. Libby Reid
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40
the judgement. Benjamin Franklin
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40
is simply a loss of energy. Voltaire
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't
mind, it doesn't matter. Jack Benny
Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40
after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves.
Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue
indefinitely. Christian Dior
Age is a high price to pay for maturity. Tom Stoppard
Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the
ages of twenty eight and forty James Thurber
The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate
twenty-five-year-old men. Colleen McCullough
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women
who got some sense. Maya Angelou
You've heard of the three ages of man - youth, age, and you
are looking wonderful. Francis Cardinal Spellman
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. Bob Hope
At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose,
not closing up like a cabbage. John Andrew Holmes
Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in
the morning. Bob Hope
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick
up speed. Charles Schulz
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that
in a week or two he will feel as good as ever Don Marquis
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and
choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. Dan Bennett
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume
knob also turns to the left. Jerry M. Wright
The best years of a woman's life - the ten years between
39 and 40. Author Unknown
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child
into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. Aldous Huxley
35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women
of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice,
remained thirty-five for years. Oscar Wilde
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. Bernard M. Baruch
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful
than to be 40 years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. Edward Young
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday
but never remembers her age. Robert Frost
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of
eternity. Seneca
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