Age Quote by Adeline Yen Mah

My grandmother's feet had been bound when she was two years old. Her mother...first wound a piece of white cloth about twenty feet long…

— Jung Chang

“Most children have been cursed with parents who have forgotten the joy of walking barefoot.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Nurses told my mother that I was going to be OK. They thought I could walk without a limp and without a brace. And…

— Mitch McConnell

coming to the end of spring / my grandmother kicks off her shoes / steps out of her faltering body.

— Betsy Sholl

At 70, my late father, Peter, underwent a foot amputation after surgical complications. There were suggestions that at his age being in a wheelchair…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image…

— Maria Montessori

My mum will ensure my feet stay firmly on the ground.

— Alex Roe

My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her…

— Uzo Aduba

You must never get carried away by your success; many people tend to do so after they achieve success in the initial stages of…

— Himesh Reshammiya

My grandmother refused to concede that any member of the family died of natural causes. An uncle's cancer in middle age occurred because all…

— Renata Adler

“You’re really not fit to be allowed out on your own, are you?’ ‘So, what’s the damage?’ ‘How do you want it? From head…

— Jodi Taylor

My sister was so promiscuous she broke her ankle in the glove compartment of a car.

— Phyllis Diller