- Nov 07, 2020
Age Quotes
On the ages we pass through.
This collection moves from a childhood memory shaped by early pressure over appearance to a university course named for an 18th-century literary period, showing how differently 'age' can be used. For life-stage reflections, browse Life.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.
- Certain Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people today don't feel that Barack Obama is on our side. We sense he's incapable of doing what Roosevelt did, of loving his country so much that he was willing to run great risks in order to advance its cause, to free others from a new Dark Age - and protect our own liberty in the process.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father died when I was seven, leaving a widow and five sons, ranging in age from five to seventeen. My mother was the most highly-disciplined and hardest working person I have ever known, and this, combined with her love and gentleness, enabled her to make a success of each of her children.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
- Enamored
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was enamored with music at a very young age. Everything started with kundiman, then evolved to Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, and eventually classic rock music.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seemed like my professional life would take a more scientific route. I guess that plan started to become undone when, at the age of 17, I happened upon a screening of Alain Resnais' 'Hiroshima Mon Amour,' and it took my breath away.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020