Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Stephen Colbert131
American political satirist, writer, comedian, television h… 1964Related quotes
“As you get older, the more you know, so the more nervous you become. The risks are much bigger.”
Paul Scofield (1922–2008) English actor
Quoted in Benedict Nightingale, "Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies at 86," The New York Times (2008-03-21)
“The funeral and the marriage, now, alas!
We know not which is sadder to recall.”
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) American poet
In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport
“The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.”
David Byrne (1952) Scottish alternative rock musician and promoter of world music
Source: The New Sins
“You know you are getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host
Reported in The Quote Manual: Wisdom and Wit of the Ages (2005), by R. G. Moscatelli, p. 201
Kirsten Gillibrand (1966) United States Senator from New York
At the press conference where New York Governor David Paterson announced Gillibrand's appointment to the senate
[N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Pickert, Kate, Time, Inc., Time, 2009-01-23, 2011-01-28, http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1873589,00.html]
“The more you know, the more you know you don't know.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
Bob Hope (1903–2003) American comedian, actor, singer and dancer