Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and down Collins Avenue in Florida in pedal pushers and mink stoles and with opinions on every subject under…

Quote by Philip Roth

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except...

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except...

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination...

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination...

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.