Young Quotes

9892 Young quotes by 5680 unique authors

I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade... the rivers of… — Marquis de Sade
I haven't had a cramp since '99. That was my only time, in Davis Cup, when I was panicky. I was young. I'm very proud… — Roger Federer
I don't think young people are as demoralized as the media and government would like us to think. The obvious sign of that is how… — Thom Yorke
It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and… — George McGovern
Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in. — George McGovern
Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood. — George McGovern
So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will… — John Berryman
What is it with all of these young, single white women? Overeducated- doesn't mean intelligent. — Rush Limbaugh
When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. — Warren Christopher
Though essaying but a sportive sail, I was driven from my course by a blast re sistless; and ill-provided, young, and bowed by the brunt… — Herman Melville
Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, / The young are beautiful--but the old are more beautiful than the young. — Walt Whitman
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,… — Robert A. Heinlein
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods. — Robert A. Heinlein
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently… — Aron Nimzowitsch
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they… — Madeleine L'Engle
What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up — Ursula K. Le Guin
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books.… — Walter Dean Myers
It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values to those who… — Walter Dean Myers
It doesn't matter what age you are. You can look sexy and feel great, and that doesn't have to be a gift only for the… — Carol Alt
It was really hurtful to me. I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny… — Tyra Banks
A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind like the body… — Andrew Carnegie
All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like… — Studs Terkel
One evening at a hotel in New York I flipped around the television channels. Suddenly there on the public access channel was a voluptuous young… — Robert Bork
People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to… — John C. Maxwell
I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate… — Maurice Sendak

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