Age Quote by Binyavanga Wainaina Download Open image “People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.” — Binyavanga Wainaina ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Else Longer People Platform Reach Somebody Where Yours
The young have to kill the old. The young, if they want to achieve their own platform, have to diminish the reputations of the… — Moby Copy Share Image
I think people would live a bit longer if they didn't know how old they were. Age puts restrictions on things. — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it. — Wilfred Bion Copy Share Image
Every stage of life longs for others. When one is young and eager, one aspires to maturity, and everyone older would like nothing better… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Somehow, throughout much of life, being old seems to be something that happens to other people. — Maggie Scarf Copy Share Image
Getting old is not a matter of age; it's a lack of # movement . And the ultimate lack of movement is death. — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Cloud travel is well and good when you have mastered the landings. I never have. I must live, not dream about living.” — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I'm an African. I was brought up here; my home is here. Being an Afropolitan, I am here to stay. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“Science is smaller than music, than the patterns of the body; the large confident world of sound and body gathers. If my mind and… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
