Freeman Dyson
Theoretical Physicist
"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations."
Best Year quotes
Best Year
25 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ray Lewis
Football Player
"Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet, Educator
"We waste our best years in distilling the sweetest flowers of life into potions which, after all, do not immortalize, but only intoxicate."
Kieron Dyer
Footballer
"I'm 28 now and they say you peak at 28 - so my best years are still ahead of me."
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