In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D—— He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“«No, please!» she screamed desperate. One of the guys that were blocking her, pulled her by the hair. «Shut up, girl!» The… — Chiara Cilli Copy Share Image
And I thought to myself, What am I doing? Am I reaching them at all? They are acting exactly as the old… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“IN the year 1888 Herr von Pasenow was seventy, and there were people who felt an extraordinary and inexplicable repulsion when they… — Hermann Broch Copy Share Image
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of… — William Temple Copy Share Image
People always seek to compare. They can take the new, but only if it is somehow connected to the familiar. We need… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
“If I had all the treasure in the world, I would follow my dreams, play with my children, and spend time with… — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
“In childhood, you long to grow up fast because older people are more powerful, young men more powerful. A child just longs… — Osho Copy Share Image
Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
There's always a handful of 40-year-old dudes. I don't know why that is exactly. I don't know if it's like my looks… — Lydia Loveless Copy Share Image
“The same Abba Theophilus, the archbishop, came to Scetis one day. The brethren who were assembled said to Abba Pambo, "Say something… — Abba Pambo Copy Share Image
“--Your headache-- I am trying to imagine it Your head is in your hands The nurse is pouring pills onto a plate… — Laura Kasischke Copy Share Image
“He got into the tub and ran a little cold water. Then he lowered his thin, hairy body into the just-right warmth… — Edward Lewis Wallant Copy Share Image
What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“One of the very hot topics between Jimmy and Sam Giancana was Senator John F. Kennedy’s upcoming campaign for president. This was… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The old man in the beard he felt convinced was wrong. He was too busy saving his own soul. Wasn't it better… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“You work here so you know the rules, Mr. Chamberlain," the burly security guard frisking him says. "Here now, you touch the… — Miranda Martin Copy Share Image
“Bertie, old man," said young Bingo earnestly, "for the last two weeks I've been comforting the sick to such an extent that,… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I am a star, a twinkling star. I’m an infant on the edge of a grave and an old man in a… — Fridrik Erlings Copy Share Image
“The child entered the hut. The old man followed him with his eyes, and added, as though speaking to himself: - "I… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Boy," said the old man at last, "in five years, how would you like a job selling shoes in this emporium?" "Gosh,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“If you see an old man talking to himself, he might not be a fool or crazy. He might be sharing a… — Steven Merle Scott Copy Share Image
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The condition of matter I have dignified by the term Electronic, THE ELECTRONIC STATE. What do you think of that? Am I… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
When you ask single men in their 20s, "Do you want children?" they want children more than women do. Again, economics drive… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
It was one of the most disgusting spectacles I've ever seen-- this white-haired old man, who should have been thinking of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“Greatest delight in life is, having someone who loves you for the lifetime! Joy is what one needs the most in life.… — Jyoti Patel Copy Share Image
Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“A testimony is a precious gift of the Spirit, a sign that we have in fact been born again (1 John 5:1).… — Robert L. Millet Copy Share Image
“Swift Antelope caught Hunter’s arm before he could go inside his mother’s lodge. “Hunter, about the little yellow-hair.” “Yes, what about her?”… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I see Barsad, and Cly, Defarge, The Vengeance, the Juryman, the Judge, long ranks of the new oppressors who have risen on… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
