Book Quote by Robert Baden-Powell

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire…

— Samuel Johnson

I almost don't ever think of laying up to a number, which is how I learned how to do it from John Cook and…

— Patrick Cantlay

Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing…

— Alexander Pope

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being any longer able to set bad examples.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I recall being fascinated by numbers even at age three and viewed their manipulation as a kind of game.

— Terence Tao

Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do

— Wilfred Owen

Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old…

— Patrick Modiano

Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still…

— Charles Babbage

Earlier in my career, a lot of guys wanted individual numbers and to do well individually.

— Luol Deng

I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it.

— Bettany Hughes