The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation

Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #coffee

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
#proverbs #promise

Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #mind

A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #reason

Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #courtesy #courage

Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #friendship

Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #humility #honor

A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #guests

The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
#quotes #antoni-tapies #wisdom

A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #age #disease

If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
#quotes #ben-stein #god #morality

Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #gossip #stories

Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
#quotes #raghav-bahl #content

My only scheme was to be a rapper. ~Eminem
#quotes #eminem #music #fate

God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #trust

A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #guests

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs

A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs