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He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep… — Mark Twain
If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes. — Euripides
There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck. — Euripides
Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps. — Euripides
Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years… — Carolyn Wells
My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with...That is an old woman trying… — Bill Cosby
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they… — Carl Sagan
Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each seed according to… — Emily Carr
We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe… — Shakti Gawain
No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in… — Mia Hamm
The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his… — Robert Aris Willmott
The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to… — William Whewell
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of… — Carl Sagan
Ancient stars in their death throes spat out atoms like iron which this universe had never known. ... Now the iron of old nova coughings… — Howard Bloom
Science is complex and chilling. The mathematical language of science is understood by very few. The vistas it presents are scary-an enormous universe ruled by… — Isaac Asimov
The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance. — John B. S. Haldane
Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways… — Saint Augustine
In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to… — John Ruskin
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. — Samuel Johnson
In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in… — Oscar Wilde
My history teacher was so old, he taught from memory. — Henny Youngman
Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly. — Oscar Wilde
Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots. — Vic Braden

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