To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing…

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“We live to work. Man was made to move. Without work we shall grow old quickly.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the surest ways to avoid even getting near false doctrine is to choose to be simple in our teaching.

— Henry B. Eyring

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and…

— Edward Coke

We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.

— Edward Coke

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not…

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Mom and Dad were great, but being asked where I was going every time I left the house - or where I'd been every…

— Lauren Weisberger

If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of…

— Anonymous

Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

— Auguste Escoffier

Her professors were astonished by her leaps of thought, by the finesse and elegance of her insights. She arrived at hypotheses by sheer intuition…

— Deborah Eisenberg

“The orb sat, exhausted and astonished.  In a thousand years and more—it had never been thanked for failure.”

— Debora Geary

Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished.

— Daniel Libeskind

I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the…

— Carl Jung

There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to…

— Terry Pratchett