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The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism. – Norman Brenner
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience. – George Santayana
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying Nothing. – William Shakespeare
...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be lured upon the stage, as philosophers are occasionally lured into bordellos, his mind would be inevitably and almost immediately destroyed by the gaudy nonsense issuing from his mouth every night. – H. L. Mencken
Adolescence is the stage between infancy and adultery. – Unknown
Age, health, and stage in life have nothing to do with serving or not serving. In each season of life there are attributes and qualities of life and experience that God values in service. – Bruce Kemper
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. – Sean O'Casey
All the World's a Stage, as master Shakespeare said, and All the Other World's a Fake, as master Science said! – Mehmet Murat ildan
All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. – William Shakespeare
David I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright That tended to understate the hugeness of the object. – This Is Spinal Tap
Easter confronts us with a historical event set in time. We are faced with a story of an empty tomb, of a small group of men and women who were at one stage hiding for their lives and at the next were brave enough to face the full judicial persecution of the Roman Empire and proclaim their belief in a risen Christ. – A. N. Wilson
I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true. – Arsenio Hall
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. – Shelley Winters
If all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls. – Rob Brown
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door. – Paul Beatty
If all the world's a stage, then where is the audience sitting – Unknown
If life indeed is a stage, then how can we act our parts if we can't read our script – Vu Quyen
If there was a big gardening convention, and you got up and gave a speech in favor of fast-motion gardening, I bet you would get booed right off the stage. They're just not ready. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. – William Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night", Act 3 scene 4
In producers, loafing is productive and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been able to skip that stage, any more than a mother can skip gestation. – Jacques Martin Barzun
Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. – George Bernard Shaw
Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing." – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth)
Most people go on living their everyday life half frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragi-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world. – Albert Einstein
My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. – Peggy Noonan
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. – Johann von Goethe

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