Claude Pepper quotes:

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

At my age, I dont even buy green bananas.

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy