Most Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray Download Open image “Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.” — William Makepeace Thackeray ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Most Next Old Selfish Selfishness Young Youth
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to run. The… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Both the young and the old are almost completely useless in our modern society, and are made keenly aware of that uselessness. They have… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Young people...have more compassion and tenderness toward the elderly than most middle-aged adults. Nothing--not avarice, not pride, not scrupulousness, not impulsiveness--so disillusions a youth… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“We're all selfish. It's an age thing. We go spotty, disobedient and daft. But most of all, we go selfish” — Ruth Hamilton Copy Share Image
It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice. — Freddie Prinze, Jr Copy Share Image
For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
Mihir is one of the most secure men that I have ever come across in my life. — Manini Mishra Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people. — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
