Ken Loach Quotes

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

It has its perks, being Mrs. Chancellor, and if I have to use it, by golly, I'll use it. I'm through standing in lines at my age.

I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

So many of the high ranking about me have discarded mercy as a weakness.

Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins

If err we must, let us err on the side of tolerance.

I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil.

We should all learn from our experiences, but I don't think hatred is the best way to deal with ignorance.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.

You shall more command with years than with your weapons.

Longevity is a big part of credibility.

Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

Trust one who has gone through it.

Works of love are always to accept and respect others.

Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.