Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
- William Ralph Inge
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
- William Ralph Inge
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
- William Ralph Inge
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
- Plautus
High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.
- James Wolcott
I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
- Horace Walpole
I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.
- Garrison Keillor
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.
- Don Marquis
Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.
- Phoebe Cary
I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
- Maria Sharapova
I've gotten crankier in my old age.
- Shirley MacLaine
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
- Thomas Hardy