Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting. ”

We live in a culture that venerates scores. We affix numbers to how much fat is in our mochachinos, how quickly our telephones suck information from the air, how much pain we're in. Reading, too, has become a skill to quantifiably assess. ”

Pretty much every night of their lives, my 8-year-old sons have absorbed themselves entirely in books. As toddlers, they pointed out pictures, made conjectures; lately, we find them in their bunk beds embarked upon two-hour comic-reading benders. ”

We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet. ”

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own. ”

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life. ”

Actually, one of the fascinating things that I've learned playing chess is that the way you play chess is kind of like the way you live your life. ”

But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair. ”

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves. ”

Respect all manner of men regardless of their station in life. Compassion is one of the greatest virtues. ”