Charlie Daniels Quotes

I am an aging Girl Scout.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

I have always listened to elders in my life.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

I asked questions when I was a stripling, and it is not my business to ask questions now, but to teach people what I have discovered.

The wisest have the most authority.

Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good.

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

Being seventy is not a sin.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.