J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

Talking is the disease of age.

How old are you?" asked Door. Richard was pleased she had asked; he would never have dared. "As old as my tongue," said Hunter, primly, "and a little older than my teeth.

SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.

I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

That's the trouble with you young people. You think because you ain't been here long, you know everything. In my life I already forgot more than you ever know.

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.

Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an old warhorse turned out on the barren heath; thou hast had thy paces in thy time, but now a broken amble is the best of them.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

You don't get to be old bein' no fool.

I drink coffee with my right hand, and I smoke with my left. But I talk with both hands.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time, because young people seem to need sleep more than the old, who have already slept so much and are preparing to sleep for all eternity.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.

I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.

But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.

Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

Hundreds,' Joe says. 'Hundreds and hundreds. But then again, I'm old.' So old, Jesus was in your math class,' I say. I crack myself up.