Young Man Quotes
562 Young Man quotes by 456 unique authors
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The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so…
— Milan Kundera
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There are no words and there is no singing, but the music has a voice. It is an old voice and a deep voice, like…
— James Frey
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In the Tarot deck, the Fool is depicted as a young man about to step off a cliff into empty air. Most people assume that…
— Richard Kadrey
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Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might…
— William Butler Yeats
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You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and…
— Tennessee Williams
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She regretted having taken his hand, she wanted to get away from there as soon as possible, to hide her shame, never again to see…
— Paulo Coelho
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As a young man, I yearned for the day when, rooted in the experience that comes only with age, I could do my work fearlessly.…
— Parker J. Palmer
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Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you…
— Andy Andrews
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See, the ‘small stuff’ is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is…
— Andy Andrews
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I regret to say that during the first act of this, I fell so soundly asleep that the gentleman who brought me piled up a…
— Dorothy Parker
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We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and…
— Jane Austen
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The three of them set out every morning on adventures of their own kind. Once, an elderly professor of literature, Mrs. Taggart's friend, saw them…
— Ayn Rand
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I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the right engines. When I was a young man and I was…
— Neil Gaiman
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You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously.…
— Hermann Hesse
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What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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And David saw himself reflected in the Woodsman's eyes, and there he was no longer old but a young man, for a man is always…
— John Connolly
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Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. It is a true tale of grief and trial, and sorrow, young…
— Charles Dickens
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You...you've been here quite a long time, haven't you?" What? Oh...yes. Ever since I married What's-her-name. Uh, Martha. Even before that. Forever. Dashed hopes, and…
— Edward Albee
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The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little…
— James Frey
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Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe. This is a…
— Pat Conroy
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leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed…
— Nicholas Sparks
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver…
— Sabrina Jeffries
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The psychological and physiological mechanism of love is so complex that at a certain period in his life a young man must concentrate all his…
— Milan Kundera
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Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed…
— David Mitchell
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Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic-it has no conscience. It rings a bell and the young man…
— John Taylor Gatto
Who Wrote These Young Man Quotes
456 authors contributed a total of 562 Young Man Quotes, led by these top contributors: