The one object of fifty years of abstract art is to present art-as-art and as nothing else, to make it into the… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I think that whether you've just begun writing or whether you've been writing for fifty years - I mean, I'm excited to… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
As I grew up I became increasingly interested in philosophy, or which [his family] profoundly disapproved. Everytime the subject came up they… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Enter into the promises of God. It is your inheritance. You will do more in one year if you are really filled… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
Fifty per cent of all marriages end in divorce. But look at the bright side: the other 50 per cent end in death. — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda. — Dat Phan Copy Share Image
A couple months after my heart attack, fifty-seven years after I'd given it up, I started to write again. I did it… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
You always hear about fashion's success stories. How a starlet lost an earring one night and by the next morning, the entire… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
It is a very wonderful experience indeed, when, at fifty years old, you suddenly discover that for the first time in your… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
The Chain Letter to the Ephebians. Forget Your Gods. Be Subjugated. Learn to Fear. Do not break the chain -- the last… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The fountain has not played itself out, the Flame still shines, the River still flows, the Spring still bubbles forth, the Light… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
I thought you said that after this many years nothing should embarrass him?" Leigh said with gentle amusement. Lucian grunted. "I guess… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago, the spoken word reigned, but during the last fifty years, the power has gone over to pictures. — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Time is so strange and life is twice as strange. You must promise me not to live to be too old, William.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The difference between a human being ten years of age and one fifty years of age lies altogether in the matter of… — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
"It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
