Ages Quotes

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It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it. — Helena Bonham Carter
Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a… — Jimmy Carter
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past… — William Ellery Channing
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. — Emile M. Cioran
I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery… — Criss Angel
The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony
The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us,… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle Ages:… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from the experience of… — Alexander Hamilton
You've heard of the three ages of man - youth, age, and you are looking wonderful. — Francis Spellman
The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In… — Ernst Haeckel
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity and… — Richard Doll
It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory… — John Cassian
Universal appreciation of art... belongs to those countries and those ages which are not, or were not, ruled by materialism. Though travel was never so… — Walter J. Phillips
Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the… — Henry Ford
It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite… — Winston Churchill
Though it's frequently portrayed as this crazy, unbridled festival of rain-soaked, stoned hippies dancing in the mud, Woodstock was obviously much more than that -… — Richie Havens
Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of… — Thomas A. Edison

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