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Eighty Quotes (page 4)

But perhaps what mattered at eighty was habit, the body no longer interested in sex, the mind no longer interested in speculation, the smaller things in life mattering more than the large and, in the end, the slow realization that nothing really mattered at all. P. D. James
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. Baltasar Gracian
We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much. John Kenneth Galbraith
I sit every once in a while and I think about plays and films I can do with William Petersen into our eighties. He's the most incredible scene partner I've ever had. Jorja Fox
The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island. John Millington Synge
My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me once or twice a year so they can watch the performances and hear the crowds. Traveling with eighty-something-year-olds on a tour bus... there has to be some sort of reality show in that. Jeff Dunham
Lexa Doig quote: "For the past 10 years, people have been making fun of the..."
For the past 10 years, people have been making fun of the eighties. Why are we bringing them back? Lexa Doig
I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty. Jimmy Dean
Miuccia Prada quote: "In Europe the world of fashion is too conservative, very..."
In Europe the world of fashion is too conservative, very eighties. Miuccia Prada
David Steinberg quote: "Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working..."
Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week. David Steinberg
William Wyler quote: "It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great..."
It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it. William Wyler
Lou Holtz quote: "Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care;..."
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. Lou Holtz
You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Ben Hogan quote: "Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is..."
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf. Ben Hogan
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. Voltaire

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