Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

Quote by Don Marquis

Topics: Elderly Quotes

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.