Experience Quotes

"How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough!" ~ I Am Legend by Richard Matheson "It's been my experience," observed Emma McChesney, "that when a firm condescends to pay a woman twice as much as a man, that means she's worth six times as much." ~ Personality Plus by Edna Ferber Alas, Experience! No other mentor has so wasted and frozen a face as yours, none wears a robe so black, none bears a rod so heavy, none with hand so inexorable draws the novice so sternly to his task, and forces him with authority so resistless to its acquirement. ~ Shirley by Charlotte Bronte "I don't think, sir, you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience." ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte "'Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.'" ~ A Room With A View by E. M. Forster Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. ~ Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. ~ Dune by Frank Herbert Great and strange ideas transcending experience often have less effect upon men and women than smaller, more tangible considerations. ~ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. ~ As You Like It by William Shakespeare Where experience is the master, the scholar is made to know the value of years, and respects them accordingly. ~ The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper