Fifty Quotes

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Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center… — Corrie Ten Boom
The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little. — Max Lerner
There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because He was infinitely… — Billy Sunday
Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is in being crazy to die.… — Nabeshima Naoshige
I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. — William Shakespeare
There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
It's just as sure a recipe for failure to have the right idea fifty years too soon as five years too late. — John R. Platt
Fifty percent of the game is mental and the other 50 percent is being mental. I've got that part down, no problem. — Basil McRae
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine… — John W. Campbell
Looking at life through the eyes of a Daddy long legs: Imagine walking on legs so long you could cover a mile in fifty strides!… — Edwin Way Teale
The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years. — Thomas Jefferson
In order to achieve victory you must place yourself in your opponent's skin. If you don't understand yourself, you will lose one hundred percent of… — Tsutomu Ohshima
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had… — Brian Andreas
Ever since Blessed Alan de la Roche re-established this devotion the voice of the people, which is the voice of God, called it the Rosary.… — Louis de Montfort
I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty… — George Montgomery
There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until… — William Faulkner
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter at around forty,… — John Updike
If you want to succeed in your life, remember this phrase: That past does not equal the future. Because you failed yesterday; or all day… — Tony Robbins
There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five. — William Holden
Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more… — Jamie Lee Curtis

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