At the age of 12 my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than… — Henry Hill Copy Share Image
The selfishness of an age that has devoted itself to the mere cult of pleasure has tainted the whole human race with… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I don't know why so much nonsense about age is written - although I can certainly understand that no one really wants… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out -… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Life looked bleak when I became chairman of the group at the age of 29. But I survived, as the Lord must… — Ajay Piramal Copy Share Image
When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to… — John Keats Copy Share Image
I feel we're on pretty solid ground in interpreting orbit around the sun as the primary driving force behind ice-age glaciation. The… — George Kukla Copy Share Image
I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I played for Middlesbrough's youth team. At the age of 16, I went into a shed at the training ground and was… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
We live in a world of self-deprecation, and while it’s healthy to make fun of ourselves from time to time, it bothers… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
It might sound strange now from where I'm standing as a world boxing champion, but I harboured serious thoughts, at the age… — Carl Froch Copy Share Image
You know that the population is of this planet is now ten times greater than it was in the ages preceding capitalism.;… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
If [you are] over the age of 10, the question isn't whether or not to eat healthy to prevent heart disease, it's… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The main criterion for an award (of a research contract from the NCI) is the capacity to demonstrate the relevance of the… — June Goodfield Copy Share Image
Nearly all our powerful men in this age of the world are unbelievers; the best of them in doubt and misery; the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I can understand why those bands do it. It can be a hell of a lot of bloody fun. People are allowed… — Nik Kershaw Copy Share Image
Both of my folks were into art. My dad was an art collector, my mom had a little kiln in our basement,… — Lisa Frank Copy Share Image
There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Age, with shamefaced relief, has learned the solvent quality of Time. It is this quality which makes possible the contemplation of certain… — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
With kids you can take a chance but casting a guy at 45 is different. You don't discover somebody that age. If… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
My emotional investment started when I read the first scene of the actual drama [45 Years]. I can't explain it, there's no… — Tom Courtenay Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
As you get older, you have your tribe of women that you grow and age gracefully with and you share wisdom with.… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“Age does not matter in most relationships, but in marriage, it matters a lot. If you marry a younger you have to… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some people say they have 20 years experience, when in reality, they have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times. (Stephen M R… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
Old age is as forgetful as youth, and more incorrigible; it displays the same inattentiveness to conditions; its memory becomes self-repeating and… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved. — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I have always championed the concept of administrators of color. My mother worked in advertising, and growing up, I saw my mother's… — Lisa Lucas Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image