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 saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.
I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.
Recreational or scientific exploration of a cave system is called caving, potholing or spelunking.
And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
When a base fellow cannot vie with another in merit he will attack him with malicious slander.
I love when fans recognize me. Most of the time they don't have the guts to come up, so I'm like, 'Come here, say hi! I don't bite!'
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.