My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
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“I say, did you hear me?" The old man shook a worn walking stick at the oak. "I said move it and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Look at me," he said, glancing down at his legs. "A wretched old man in a red monkey suit. A convicted murderer… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
All the lessons learned, unlearned; The young, who learned to read, now blind, Their eyes with an archaic film; The peasant relapses… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in God: infants, and children, and… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“You must teach her, eh? If you go down in battle and I have to take her into my lodge circle, I… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
I know I'm a grumpy old man, but I'm always more delighted by readers talking about the actual comics than people talking… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
“It was a tale well known to children all over Africa: Abu Kassem, a miserly Baghdad merchant, had held on to his… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“that the old man should insist upon his son studying medicine and surgery, when every one knows he will inherit at least… — John William Polidori Copy Share Image
“Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly. He had figured out that… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“do not hurry the journey at all: better that it lasts for many years and you arrive an old man on the… — Constantinos P. Cavafis Copy Share Image
I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
“I think it’s plumb loco, that’s what!” The paddle thunked rhythmically against the sides of the tub, making such a din that… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“know. “Esther asks why people are sad. “‘That’s simple,’ says the old man. ‘They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Have you ever been in love, Hadrian?” “I’m not sure. How do you tell?” “Love? Why, it’s like coming home.” Hadrian considered… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I believe there is good in the world, all of it flowing in one way or another from a loving God. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Not so mouthy now, eh, old man?’ Sneered the elder of the two. The girl sat next to him pulled a line… — Pete Langman Copy Share Image
“He approached the great glass barrier dividing the room, and the speaker at the end of the table. "Cyclops?" he whispered, stepping… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“When I was small and would leaf through the Old Testament retold for children and illustrated in engravings by Gustave Dore, I… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“A Word with Jose Rodriguez-Feo" As one of the secretaries of the moon The queen of ignorance, you have deplored How she… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“Depressions and melancholy are often a cover for tremendous greed. At the beginning of an analysis there is often a depressed state… — Marie-Louise von Franz Copy Share Image
“Philip gave him his hand and he clung to it as to life, for comfort in his extremity. Perhaps he had never… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Another sketch-this one of Gabriel-hung on the all above the water cask. It swiveled gently on a single tack; or rather, the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“You come back here, you good-for-nothing! Come help me drag these ailing bones." The old man flees toward the Lethe as fast… — Emily Whitman Copy Share Image
“It’s total bullshit,” he said. “The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he’s in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such… — john green Copy Share Image
“Albert is my name,” the old man said, offering his hand. Ezra took it carefully, mindful of old bones and thin skin,… — Michael Kanuckel Copy Share Image
“It's just that even though I'm totally old and unhip,I remember what boys in high school were like.Especially the kind like Jack… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“The Gospel of Philip takes up the same theme: Jesus took them all by stealth, for he did not reveal himself in… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
It is wrong to take an 18-year-old boy or girl and arm them with machine guns and make them the almighty king… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“But what kind of love is this that is so unaware of itself that it can be hidden until the day of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Look at how beautiful this ink is. Now do you understand why I needed clear water? Water is the brightness of the… — Françoise Place Copy Share Image
“No," said the old man, deep under. "I don't remember anyone winning anywhere any time. War's never a winning things, Charlie. You… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Why don't you use some sense and try to be more like me? You might live to be a hundred and seven,… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“I, an old man, have written this fire report. Among other things, it was important to me, as an exercise for old… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
“There is a mixture of humor with drama in this part of the ceremony as well. When the old man staggered out… — Anthony Seeger Copy Share Image
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