Experience Quotes

"The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected." "I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something" "Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth" "I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I've ever known" "I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past." "Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others." "Wine is a great metaphor for life. Think of it this way: Good wine is a fusion of time, place, and people" "Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through." "Most people who are criticizing and judging haven't even tried what you failed at" "Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason." "There's a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes" "I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past." "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it." "The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." "I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions — the curtain was up." "Experts often possess more data than judgment." "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience" "The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits." "A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience." "Where is the creativity? Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience."