It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished.
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
I have three cows, and I'm looking forward to more in the future, so I'll have a little herd.
He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a tender conscience in a child.
My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
There are so many misconceptions about me, and it gets frustrating no matter how thick skinned.
I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.
My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book.
The Imgur community, as a whole, is generally a lot more positive and a lot more funny than other communities.