Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.

Quote by Peter Cochrane

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes, Metaphor Quotes

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Through age after age, I am the servant of the Merciful Lord.

Through age after age, I am the servant of the Merciful Lord.

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot...

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is...

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is...

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of...

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of...

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized...

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...