Quotes About Reflection

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.

The best ears of our lives.

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber.

Life's too short for chess.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

I always wait for the Times each morning. I look at the obituary column and if I?m not in it, I go to work.

The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life.

I enjoy life. I think I'll enjoy death even more.

To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on the back nine. You may not be stronger, but hopefully you're wiser. And if you keep most of your marbles intact, you can add a note of wisdom to the coming generation.

A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ... but by the seeds you plant!

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.

Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.