Quotes about "Time & Aging"

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. ”

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly. ”

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ”

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. ”

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ”

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. ”

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ”

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. ”

For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves. ”

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ”