"I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's……" — Bel Kaufman
"I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe"
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Bel Kaufman
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17 Quotes by Bel Kaufman
Bel Kaufman has 17 quotes on this site.
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Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.
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When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.
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To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months'…
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I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because…
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People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour.
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I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you…
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I’ll never retire as long as I live—that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re…
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Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the…
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Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.
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Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.
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I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don't have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel…
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The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn't it a magnificent day today?
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More Honorable Quotes
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically…
— Mortimer Adler
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The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts,…
— Wendell Berry
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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient…
— Steven Brust
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The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People…
— Nick Cave
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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What is permissible is not always honorable.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition.…
— Eric Clapton
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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
— Henry Clay
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or…
— Mario Andretti
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