Quotes about "Time & Aging"

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often. ”

Love makes those young whom age doth chill, and whom he finds young keeps young still. ”

The future is as bright as the promises of God. ”

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. ”

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. ”

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. ”

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. ”

Policing has to be done compassionately and consistently. You cannot police differently in Harlem than you're policing downtown. The same laws must apply. The same procedures must be employed. Certain areas at certain times may have more significant crime and require more police presence or more assertiveness, but it has to be balanced. ”

I have a temper, and it can flare from time to time, but as I've gotten older and more experienced, I think I use it in a controlled way. Oftentimes, I'm acting. ”

Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet. ”