Elders Quotes

308 Elders quotes by 256 unique authors

The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the… — Margaret Mead
There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their… — Iain Banks
No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What must strike any intelligent witch or wizard on studying the so-called history of the Elder Wand is that every man who claims to have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Percy: The Heka-what? Annabeth: The Hundred-Handed Ones. They called them that because... well, they had a hundred hands. They were the elder brothers of the… — Rick Riordan
You would make a great teacher. (Grace) Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you’re at it?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it was flattering. To… — Kurt Vonnegut
I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath… — Ray Bradbury
In the elder days of art Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part, For the Gods are everywhere — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque--but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a… — Jim Butcher
Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright. — Vera Nazarian
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its way through the… — Robert Farrar Capon
Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the children’s strength and wastes… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the… — Homer
Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, Harry. I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And besides, look at elder flowers and bluebells-they are a sign that pure creation takes place - even the butterfly. But humanity never gets beyond… — D. H. Lawrence
I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of ritual? In certain… — David Nicholls
And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good… — Khalil Gibran
The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known. — Patricia Briggs
If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age… — George Eliot
Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries — John Cleese
There is nothing in the world that is not mysterious, but the mystery is more evident in certain things than in others: in the sea,… — Jorge Luis Borges
Phillip looked to Eloise. "Perhaps introductions are in order?" "Oh," Eloise said, gulping. "Yes, of course. These are my brothers." "I'd gathered," he said, his… — Julia Quinn
What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary? — Derek Landy
So what does that actually mean?' 'To be honest, Ghastly, I haven't a bull's notion.' 'Elder Bespoke should be addressed by his full title,' Tipstaff… — Derek Landy

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