“Sometimes this book stays in the present, other times I try to cut myself in half and count the rings. Occasionally I think about the future, but I try to do that sparingly because it usually makes me anxious.”
Source: Yes Please
“With the development of utility electricity for the masses in the 1900's, very few people realize that a new era of sickness and disease was unleashed that are collectively called radiation sickness.”
“What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted?" demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm.
"Men have died for less than that, ancient one," E-Thas reminded him.
"I am safe," retorted I-Gos, "for I am not a brave and popular son of the jeddak of Manator.”
Source: The Chessmen of Mars
“And age was just a trait, like the color of your hair, or the amount of freckles on your skin.”
Source: Tiger Lily
“At 70, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that "this too, shall pass.”
Source: Eleanor: The Years Alone
“If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success; that’s the job of vision.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health.”
Source: The Ten Books on Architecture
“I wonder if this is how it feels to grow old. Knowing that time is still passing but you’re no longer a part of it.”
Source: Biome