“My sister Sarah, with all the advantages of youth, was, strangely enough, less pliable. She did full justice to Pesca's excellent qualities… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home,… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with once-guarded… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“These little hurts were like little pets or potted plants you were abruptly given the care of, needing to be fed or… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important. — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
I wish it were O.K. in this country to look one's age, whatever it is. Maturity has a lot going for it,… — Cyra McFadden Copy Share Image
“Sitting in the wicker rocking chair with her interrupted work in her lap, Amaranta watched Aureliano José, his chin covered with foam,… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“We can with an order of probability bordering on certainty extend maximum human life span by means of a calorically restricted optimal… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to… — Angie Dickinson Copy Share Image
Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and other varieties have anthocyanins that can help reverse some loss of balance and memory associated with aging. — David H. Murdock Copy Share Image
To give, and not demand that others receive . . . that is the crossover point to maturity. . . — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“Maturity means being able to tolerate, on all sorts of planes, uncertainty and not knowing.” — Hazel Johns Copy Share Image
I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles. — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Copy Share Image
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general:… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay young forever or to stop aging. But it… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
It is my feeling that as we grow older we should become not less radical but more so. I do not, of… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
Every step I take into this adventure called life my eyes get wider. And the wider my eyes get the more I… — Becca B Copy Share Image
I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Respect your elders. They made it through school without Google and Wikipedia. — Enhance Dreams Copy Share Image
