Age Quote by Xiao Qian Download Open image “In old age, one should do something monumental.” — Xiao Qian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Aging Elderly Funny Old age
To me, the drive for monumentality is as inbred as the desire for food and sex, regardless of how we denigrate it. Monuments differ… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while… — William Osler Copy Share Image
I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Our age is before all things a practical one. It demands of us all clear and tangible results of our work. — Theodor Svedberg Copy Share Image
I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“So what's the point of longing for a new, monumental category hidden somewhere in the non-Western discourse? On the contrary, shouldn't we emphasize that… — Ralph Ubl Copy Share Image
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to… — Nelson Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I think a sense of history and perspective for our young people today is essential. — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
It was very important to me to create something that would create a legacy. I wanted to do something that had the ability to… — Ray J Copy Share Image
We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
