Fifteen Quotes

496 quotes by 431 authors

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her… — Jane Austen
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. — Honore de Balzac
I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've… — Adele
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was… — Robert Benchley
At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do… — Robert Benchley
The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. — Lenny Bruce
The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing. — Abdallah II
Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is… — Luther Burbank
I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something. — George Burns
One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went… — James Caan
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Cather
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. — Maya Angelou
It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn… — Joan of Arc
When I quit working, I lost all sense of identity in about fifteen minutes. — Paige Rense
I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of… — Reuben Archer Torrey
I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface… — Agnes de Mille
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
I'm off for a quiet pint - followed by fifteen noisy ones. — Gareth Chilcott
Wherever man exists, he finds the need to redesign, to recreate the world. A more beautiful world, purer, sweeter smelling and more colorful. A garden… — Gary Snyder
Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes. — John Lennon

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