Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

Topics

MenGrowQuitOldPlayingBecause

My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.

Jessica Walter

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I was a baseball player and a football player at Stanford, so I didn't play a lot of golf in college. I really started playing a lot after I turned pro and I had some time in the off-season.

John Elway

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It is very essential as an actor to be a perfectionist and have a knack for doing different roles over a period of time to keep their fans entertained.

Sidharth Malhotra

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A winner never stops trying.

Tom Landry

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Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.

Martina Navratilova

EnvironmentDoingYouGayMovement

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

Mignon McLaughlin

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If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice.

Michael Kinsley

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Assuming if there's such a thing as reality, if you have a false relationship with it, how can you do anything but fail?

Jordan Peterson

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I just want to be able to show my personality and let people get to know me.

Chord Overstreet

PersonalityPeopleMeKnowWantGet

Right now there should be a moratorium on the cutting down of old growth in this country. That is a small thing to ask at this point. There is only four percent of old growth left. Ninety-six percent of it has been cut down.

Woody Harrelson

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As soon as you 'Botox' your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity.

Nigel Barker

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I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.

Mark Rylance

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