"A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it, and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape? That's retirement."

-- Stephen Leacock

#Retirement Quotes #Autumn Quotes #Blow Quotes

“The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.”

Source : "Lee Westwood: the secret toughness of a natural No1". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.
“After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: â€œShe can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!â€”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Gold is unique because it has the age-old aspect of being viewed as a store of value. Nevertheless, itâ€™s still a commodity and has no tangible value, and so I would say that gold is a speculation. But because of my fear about the potential debasing of paper money and about paper money not being a store of value, I want some exposure to gold.”
“I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.”
“Art changes all the time, but it never "improves." It may go down, or up, but it never improves as technology and medicine improve.”
“My career could have been prolonged for longer”
“Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans that will allow us to bring our troops home from there. And around the globe, as we draw down in Iraq, we have gone after al Qaeda so that terrorists who threaten America will have no safe haven, and Osama bin Laden will never again walk the face of this Earth.”
“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”

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