Robert Quillen Quotes

“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.”

— Robert Quillen

“As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.”

— Robert Quillen

“Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.”

— Robert Quillen

“Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning”

— Robert Quillen

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers

— Robert Quillen

You aren't really old until nothing is fun enough to make you forget the weather.

— Robert Quillen

“Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.”

— Robert Quillen

“There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.”

— Robert Quillen

“If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.”

— Robert Quillen

If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

— Robert Quillen

“God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.”

— Robert Quillen

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

— Robert Quillen

The one word above all others that makes marriage successful is 'ours.'

— Robert Quillen

Middle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you.

— Robert Quillen

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

— Robert Quillen

Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.

— Robert Quillen

“The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.”

— Robert Quillen

“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back”

— Robert Quillen

“The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency.”

— Robert Quillen