The Speaker's Book of Quotations, Updated and Revised

Chapter One

AGE

How to make a king smile, or a president, or a CEO, or a newfound friend:
"After years of trying to put people at ease before an interview, I have
found the perfect solution. You shake hands, take a step back, look the person in the eye, and exclaim with astonishment, "Why, you look so much younger than your photographs!" It works every time. The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."
Sigmund Z. Engel
As quoted in Newsweek
July 4, 1949


"Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted."
Mary McCarthy (1912-1989)
American author, critic
As quoted in Forbes
July 26, 1999


"Age is not particularly interesting. Anyone can get old. All you have to
do is live long enough."
Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
American actor
Groucho and Me


"I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap."
Bob Hope (b. 1903)
American comedian
As quoted in the
  International Herald Tribune
August 3, 1990
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