“There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
Source: West with the Night
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British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer 1902–1986Related quotes
“Life’s so simple when we simply work to make it fun.”
"Simple Life"
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)
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“I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.”
As quoted in Edison & Ford Quote Book (2003) edited by Edison & Ford Winter Estates.
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“In all of living have much of fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
Stand True and Faithful, Ensign, May 1996, 91.
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“I enjoy inventing things out of fun. After all, life is a game, not a career.”
Tuning in to the Multimedia Age, p. 4.
“Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.”
Also quoted in Every Day Is Father's Day: The Best Things Ever Said About Dear Old Dad (1989), p. 150
The Business of Life (1949)
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“You know you are getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.”
Reported in The Quote Manual: Wisdom and Wit of the Ages (2005), by R. G. Moscatelli, p. 201