“You know, when I was a kid they had real football players. They wore leather helmets and didn’t have bi-weeks. What kind… — Vi Keeland Copy Share Image
Who sleeps at night? No one is sleeping. In the cradle a child is screaming. An old man sits over his death,… — Marina Tsvetaeva Copy Share Image
“I rose on still unsteady legs to walk over and shake Mr. Grave’s hand. The doctor simply stared over my head, seeming… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Before I was ten I became critical of the anthropomorphic God as interpreted in the churches. I did not warm to One… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
There's something beautiful about that Scripture that says, "Your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams" (Acts 2:17).… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs.… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was… — Bible Copy Share Image
The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usually a very incomplete exponent of the opinions they really hold. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
And when the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take him and say: "Go and do this thing. I do… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
“The candy seller had a smile on his face: he was happy, aware of what his life was about, and ready to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My friends, when I was young, were always older than I was, and I've always liked them. And I love old men… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
“The man raised the violin under his chin, placed the bow across the strings, and closed his eyes. For a moment his… — Chris Lester Copy Share Image
“There was once a man who yearned to live forever. Beginning in his youth, he prayed for God to grant him immortality.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Blessed I am in the darkness and alone. In front of me stands the door. When I open it, I am… — Gertrud Kolmar Copy Share Image
Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Every batch of sperm represents an opportunity for genetic typos - called de novo mutations - to be passed on. A 20-year-old… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“What, you’re looking at my lodger’s birds, Mr. Jarndyce?” The old man had come by little and little into the room, until… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Mum said earlier what a lovely dress you’re wearing.” Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. “This?” she said. “But I’ve had… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
“I am not sure that I could explain in a way you could understand," replied the old man. "We judge life by… — J. Jefferson Farjeon Copy Share Image
Jared glared balefully at the old man, his eyes full of the shock and pain of the betrayed. I had only human… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
"You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
