Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: If you think that I am going to bother myself again before I die about social improvement or read any of those stinking upward and onwarders - you err - I mean to have some good out of being old.
         

If you think that I am going to bother myself again before I die about social improvement or read any of those stinking upward and onwarders - you err - I mean to have some good out of being old.


Oliver Wendell Holmes
Check all other quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





If you think that I am going to bother myself again before I die about social improvement or read any of those stinking upward and onwarders - you err - I mean to have some good out of being old.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/If-you-think-that-I-am-going-260053>.




Tags



Check out


Other quotes of Oliver Wendell Holmes


All limitations are self-imposed.

All limitations are self-imposed.



Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.



A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.



Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.



This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.



Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.



My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.



I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.



Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.






Other quotes you may like


If your life is a miserable disaster, you might want to consider, that it's because you are doing something wrong.

If your life is a miserable disaster, you might want to consider, that it's because you are doing something wrong.



There is but one art to omit.

There is but one art to omit.



To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.

To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.



If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.

If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.



Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.



You're living up in Heaven, but I know you're mad as Hell.

You're living up in Heaven, but I know you're mad as Hell.



The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.



There is a limit to what you can do in politics.

There is a limit to what you can do in politics.



I spent my whole single life trying to be thin just to find someone who'd love me once I got fat.

I spent my whole single life trying to be thin just to find someone who'd love me once I got fat.



I'm a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking - mostly Thai food.

I'm a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking - mostly Thai food.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "If you think that I am going to bother myself again before I die about social improvement or read any of those stinking upward and onwarders - you err - I mean to have some good out of being old.". Author of this quote is Oliver Wendell Holmes. This quote is about aging, age, old,.