“Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.”– John Adams Related Quotes “Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.”– Friedrich Durrenmatt “When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.”– Brian Clough “I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can’t help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it’s taught writers.”– David Mitchell