Age Quotes - Page 25

• You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.

  Dale Carnegie

  World, Like You, Something New

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.130, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Only people who suffer show the ravages of age.

  Howard Fast

  People, Suffering, Shows

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• Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black.

  Christian Dior

  Book, Writing, Color

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• And, if you believe, in very simple terms, that people mean you well, and will treat you kindly, they will. And, if you believe that the world is against you, then so it will be in your experience. And, if you believe that you will begin to deteriorate at age 22, then so you shall.

  Jane Roberts

  Believe, Mean, Simple

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• The greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in its Age, and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching, of mysterious sympathy... which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity.

  John Ruskin

  Wall, Long, Humanity

  John Ruskin (1849). “The Seven Lamps of Architecture”, p.172

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• It's not just that humiliating people, of any age, is a nasty and disrespectful way of treating them. It's that humiliation, like other forms of punishment, is counterproducti ve. 'Doing to' strategies - as opposed to those that might be described as 'working with' - can never achieve any result beyond temporary compliance, and it does so at a disturbing cost.

  Alfie Kohn

  Punishment, People, Might

  "Humiliating Children In Public: A New Parenting Trend?" by Lisa Belkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 18, 2012.

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• The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Reading, Novelty, Delight

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• We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human being is special to start with, because we're unique to start with. But we then go through some sort of boot camp from the age of zero to about 18 where we learn everything we can about how not to be unique.

  Karl Marlantes

  Zero, Unique, Special

  Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.114, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Homeopathy is wholly capable of satisfying the therapeutic demands of this age better than any other system or school of medicine.

  Charles Frederick Menninger

  School, Medicine, Demand

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• There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

  Israel Zangwill

  Writing, People, Able

  "The Celibates' Club: Being the United Stories of The Bachelors' Club and The Old Maids' Club".

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• The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era of heightened challenge and creativity, of issues, and their world-wide scope, never has an era faced a more demanding and exciting crisis. This then, above all else, is the great and glorious era to live in, a time of of opportunity, one requiring fresh and vigorous thinking, indeed, a glorious time to be alive.

  R.J. Rushdoony

  War, Creativity, Thinking

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• And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.

  Max Ehrmann

  Dream, Sweet, Memories

  Max Ehrmann, “'A Prayer'”

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• Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

  George D. Prentice

  Inspirational, Funny, Men

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• Looking relevant, modern, timely and appropriate in terms of your age, body type and lifestyle is not only about the joy of self-expression but a form of self-care: it lets the world know how you want to be perceived and treated.

  Stacy London

  Self, Expression, Joy

  "‘Shut Up!’ Makeover Maven Stacy London Spills Her Fabulous Hair Advice!". Interview with Marta Topran, hollywoodlife.com. April 15, 2010.

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• In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.

  Walter Kirn

  Moving, Touching, Earth

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• I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

  Siobhan Fahey

  People, Young, Stuck

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• Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.

  Andy Grove

  Privacy, Problem

  "Andy Grove: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Needs, Baha, Requirements

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• A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had less influence than the multiplication table.

  J. G. Holland

  Christian, Character, Men

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• The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

  Steve Irwin

  Years, Nine, Firsts

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• A woman in advancing old age is unstoppable by any earthly force. I love it.

  Anita Roddick

  Unstoppable, Force, Advancing

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• I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

  Evel Knievel

  Wanted

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• All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light has come, man's intelligence is greater, spirituality is beginning to grow, and a time is surely coming when the religions of the world will be at peace. ...let us join together to hasten forward the Divine Cause of unity, until all humanity knows itself to be one family, joined together in love.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Men, Light, Blood

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• I remember burying a girl fourteen years of age who had died with a ruptured appendix... I buried a good many people that I knew, some of whom I loved.

  Tommy Douglas

  Girl, Years, People

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• History has repeated itself many times througout the ages.

  Billy Sheehan

  Online Chat with Usa Today, www.billysheehan.com. August 21, 2001.

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