In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“On the boardwalk the arcade jukebox plays all night surrounded by teenagers--sometimes twenty bodies deep, bare-skinned and full of energy for the… — Laura Schenone Copy Share Image
Aging happy and well, instead of sad and sick, is at least under some personal control. We have considerable control over our… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
“This equation has placed our cities among the most dangerous in the world and has placed our youth among the most empty… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Because now you are young and beautiful and the whole world loves you. But, some day, you will be old and wrinkled… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Merle had the feeling that he almost kissed her, but then his lips only touched her hair briefly, and all she could… — Kai Meyer Copy Share Image
Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in… — William James Copy Share Image
We need to create jobs for 300,000 youth graduating from high school in the next three years. We need to produce growth… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Business leaders regularly complain that young people don't leave school with the right skills. Encouraging young people to be entrepreneurs makes the… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish community was always… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Sadness such as mine is not depression; it can be blown away by an interesting conversation, a welcome telephone call, or a… — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
Most new prison construction has occurred in predominately white, rural communities, and thus a new and bizarre form of segregation has emerged… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
They say that youth is wasted on the young but you have the ability to prove that wrong. On your 18th birthday,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about adolescence is that everything seems too big. There's no way to get context or perspective, … Pain and… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
It's crazy that people are looking to me as a symbol like, 'Oh, he's the voice of the youth. He's this and… — Khalid Copy Share Image
Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I want to learn something from my atheistic brothers and sisters, even though I'm a Christian. I want to learn something from… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us;… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“The weight of youth is light, yes, but life generally grows heavier into adulthood. This, embedded as deep as the most human… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
“CHILDREN see the world as a place of OPTIMISM. TEENS see the world as a place of IMAGINATION. YOUTH see the world… — Wisdom Ogbe Copy Share Image
A large portion of Christ's miracles of love were wrought at the urgent request of parents for their suffering children. Is that… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
“What has Kantorek written to you?” Müller asks him. He laughs. “We are the Iron Youth.” We all three smile bitterly, Kropp… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Well, I think the way you feel as a teenager stays with you, forever. I really believe that. And we try to… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
My emotional investment started when I read the first scene of the actual drama [45 Years]. I can't explain it, there's no… — Tom Courtenay Copy Share Image
For long the two enemies looked at one another, Hook shuddering slightly, and Peter with the strange smile upon his face. "So,… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“For at this stage in our youth we can hold two kinds of anticipation of love, which seem contradictory and yet coexist… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
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His markings, month by month, became more beautiful, lines of autumn bracken colours with shapes which reminded me of currents on a… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
When great nations fear to expand, shrink from expansion, it is because their greatness is coming to an end. Are we, still… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
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