Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Age Quotes, Elderly Quotes, Men Quotes

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Life is a great bundle of little things.

Life is a great bundle of little things.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.