---
title: "1 Young Older Quotes By Mechai Viravaidya"
description: "1 Young Older quotes by Mechai Viravaidya. Plus more from Mechai Viravaidya and more Young Older sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png"
---

> [When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like stealing. Start young and you keep on stealing forever. Ask my politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when-you-re-young-when-you-get/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png)

## More by Mechai Viravaidya

> [When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like stealing. Start young and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when-you-re-young-when-you-get/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [People like to have fun and they like to laugh. And when you laugh, it's much easier to convince people and they laugh with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/people-like-to-have-fun-and-they-like-to-laugh-and-when-you-laugh-it/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/i-left-the-government-because-i-saw-the-only-way-to-get-family/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of it, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/we-re-the-ones-causing-global-warming-in-fact-what-we-ought-to-be/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/what-could-i-do-with-1-million-what-can-i-do-with-the-satisfaction/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [The condom has saved so many lives, and it'll save so many more lives. We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/the-condom-has-saved-so-many-lives-and-it-ll-save-so-many-more-lives/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [People were having sex before I was born. My parents had sex before I was born, nothing to do with me. I'm not trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/people-were-having-sex-before-i-was-born-my-parents-had-sex-before-i/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [I find it disturbing that men who are products of highly developed economies come to a developing nation solely to exploit their women and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/i-find-it-disturbing-that-men-who-are-products-of-highly-developed/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [AIDS is still around. Therefore, you have to practice safe sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/aids-is-still-around-therefore-you-have-to-practice-safe-sex/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/in-the-buddhist-scriptures-it-said-many-births-cause-suffering-so/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [Take No as a question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/take-no-as-a-question/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [Most people don't want to work in commercial sex. They have little choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/most-people-don-t-want-to-work-in-commercial-sex-they-have-little/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

> [We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/we-really-owe-a-great-deal-to-the-rubber-tree/)

[Mechai Viravaidya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mechai-viravaidya/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Young Older Quotes By Mechai Viravaidya",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like stealing. Start young and you keep on stealing forever. Ask my politicians.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mechai Viravaidya"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mechai-viravaidya/when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when-you-re-young-when-you-get/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like…” — Mechai Viravaidya",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/",
            "name": "Young Older Quotes by Mechai Viravaidya",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/mechai-viravaidya-36353_ask_when-you-start-learning-how-to-give-when_39746.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Young Older quotes by Mechai Viravaidya. Plus more from Mechai Viravaidya and more Young Older sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Young Older",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Mechai Viravaidya",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-older/mechai-viravaidya/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```