Twenty Quotes

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Well, I do not mind telling you I have been at work upon this geometry of Four Dimensions for some time. Some of my results… — H.G. Wells
You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of un-manufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It… — Arnold Bennett
When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I… — Samuel Johnson
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating. — Arnold Bennett
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. — Mark Twain
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. They appear so while they are passing; they… — Robert Southey
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a… — Nhat Hanh
Introducing 'Lite': the new way to spell 'Light'; but with twenty per cent fewer letters. — Jerry Seinfeld
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. — Billy Wilder
No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds,… — Wendy Wasserstein
The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this… — Mahnaz Afkhami
I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes. — Keith Moon
Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment.… — Alan Sokal
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. — William Shakespeare
Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your… — John C. Maxwell
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. — Robert Southey
Today social justice represents one of the most serious challenges to the conscience of the world. The abyss between those who are within the world… — Leonardo Boff
At twenty you have many desires which hide the truth, but beyond forty there are only real and fragile truths - your abilities and your… — Gerard Depardieu
Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as well be twenty. — Pablo Picasso
Teenagers don't know what love is. They have mixed-up ideas. They go for a drive and the boy runs out of gas and they smooch… — Norm Crosby
I have always felt that the moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter… — Monica Baldwin
Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM. — George Will
An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might… — Bertrand Russell
Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head. — Georges Clemenceau
Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better. — Margaret Oliphant

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