--- title: "2 Early morning Quotes By Lionel Fisher" description: "2 Early morning quotes by Lionel Fisher. Plus more from Lionel Fisher and more Early morning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/lionel-fisher-27515_early-morning_there-s-one-thing-you-ought-to-know-abou_1777219.jpg" --- > [“There's one thing you ought to know about old people," Alberto Terégo told me on our early morning walk on the beach. "Like what?" I asked my friend in reply. "Like old people don't mind if you kill them," Terégo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/there-s-one-thing-you-ought-to-know-about-old-people-alberto-ter-go/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/lionel-fisher-27515_early-morning_there-s-one-thing-you-ought-to-know-abou_1777219.jpg) > [“Winter again. The summer people have gone. The early morning walks are solitary once more. Fog wraps the ocean and sky like a wet, gray glove. Sprinting through the frosty dune grass, my dog Buddy emerges soaked and grinning. He's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/winter-again-the-summer-people-have-gone-the-early-morning-walks-are/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/lionel-fisher-27515_animal_winter-again-the-summer-people-have-gone_2614639.jpg) ## More by Lionel Fisher > [“Americans are funny," Terence O'Donnell pointed out in a conversation we had about our national need to own as much as possible, including our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/americans-are-funny-terence-o-donnell-pointed-out-in-a-conversation/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/it-scares-us-more-than-anything-except-death-being-alone-our-fear-of/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/curmudgeons-speak-up-because-they-have-to-because-it-s-become/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Putting thoughts into words is vastly different from putting truth into words. For words are not truth. 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"Like what?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/there-s-one-thing-you-ought-to-know-about-old-people-alberto-ter-go/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Did I think I'd ever find someone I could live with, she asked me, and I said yes, and she said who, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/did-i-think-i-d-ever-find-someone-i-could-live-with-she-asked-me-and/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“I woke up this morning with the words clomping around in my head: 'Truth does not become wisdom until the exact moment you're ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/i-woke-up-this-morning-with-the-words-clomping-around-in-my-head/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Regrets are particularly poignant for the old, those of us who have used up most of the chances we'll ever get and are left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-fisher/regrets-are-particularly-poignant-for-the-old-those-of-us-who-have/) [Lionel Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-fisher/) > [“Get your life turned right-side-out again. 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It usually did when I talked with Terégo, but never so soon into our daily conservation. He was grinning now, knowing he had me again. I just stared at him. He has this uncanny knack of making me feel he's laid a booby trap of punji sticks on which I'm about to impale myself. “That's ridiculous,\" I said finally, feeling like a kid for not being able to come up with a better response to his bizarre suggestion. “No, it's life,” Terégo said, his grin growing larger. “What's life?” I said. “Taking crap,” he said. \"Taking crap is life?\" I said. The grin hung ear to ear now. “It's what nice people do,” Terégo said. “There's an 18th century proverb that says we all have to eat a peck of dirt before we die. 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