Fifty Quotes

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Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern… — Isham G. Harris
Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will… — Gian-Carlo Rota
I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like "Hey, when are you going to pay me that hundred… — Jack Handey
One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is… — Eric Hoffer
Since I was forty and definitely slipping, I have won seven full marathons, got second six times, and third four times.... I'm wondering what I… — Clarence DeMar
It now seems to me that the findings of more than fifty years of DNA research have provided materials for a new and enormously powerful… — Antony Flew
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, mid-life for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter-miler, whose son now says, "Dad, I… — Bill Cosby
The ideal age for a boy to own a dog is between forty-five and fifty. — Robert Benchley
Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that… — Matthieu Ricard
Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage. — Joey Ramone
In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable… — Thomas De Witt Talmage
In America, every female under fifty calls herself a girl. — H E Bates
I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before,… — Henry Ford
Our five senses evolved for survivability, and probably are the minimum necessary for our survival. There is so much of the universe which we cannot… — Unknown Author
What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges.… — Marshall Ulrich
I have seen the glories of art and architecture, and mountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau, and the full moon… — George Frisbie Hoar
Animal Farm has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid today as it was fifty years ago. — Ralph Steadman
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You… — Earl Weaver
I want to try with someone who loves me enough to try with me. I want to grow old looking at the same face every… — Rachel Gibson

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