Claude Pepper famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.
-- Claude Pepper

#Racism #Sexism #Ageism
If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.
-- Claude Pepper

#Country #Thinking #United States
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'
-- Claude Pepper

#Funny #Hilarious #Laughter
Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.
-- Claude Pepper

#Love #Inspirational #Life
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
-- Claude Pepper

#Mistake #Memorable #Thinking
Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.
-- Claude Pepper

#Retirement #Elderly #Racism
One has the right to be wrong in a democracy
-- Claude Pepper

#Democracy
At my age, I dont even buy green bananas.
-- Claude Pepper

#Age #Green #Bananas
A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.
-- Claude Pepper

#Blessed #Men #Wife
I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless
-- Claude Pepper

#Tired #People #Useless

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