“For a young man, sleep is a sure solvent of distress. There whirls not for him in the night any so hideous phantasmagoria as will not become, in the clarity of the next morning, a spruce procession for him to lead. Brief the vague horror of his awakening; memory sweeps back to him, and he sees nothing dreadful after all. "Why not?" is the sun's bright message to him, and "Why not indeed?" his answer.” MenYoungNightNextMemoriesSleepAnswersMorningSunHorrorMessagesAwakeningClarityYoung ManWhy NotDistressVagueHideousProcession Book:Zuleika Dobson: An Oxford Love Story Source: Zuleika Dobson: An Oxford Love Story
“Young man the simple answer is: land, land and land. No-one gives up land. Ever.” MenGivingYoungSimpleAnswersLandGiving UpYoung Man Author:Munir Butt
“Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?” MenGivingLongSaidBookEnoughShowsTodayYoungUsedAsksFatherAnswersWeekMonthsDadOfficeSummerProfitDamnYoung ManVacationMailPausesCagesPaymentInadequateEnvelopesAisleSlitsForbesDon't Give A DamnControllersI Don't Give A DamnSubscriptionSummer Vacation Author:Malcolm Forbes
“He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.'” MenShouldMadeYoungAnswersWiseYoung ManElders Author:Francis Bacon
“He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marryA young man not yet, an elder man not at all.” MenShouldMeanChildrenMadeYoungGivenAnswersVirtueWiseWifeMarriedFortuneAffectionMeritYoung ManEnterpriseEldersMischiefBest WorkHostageImpedimentsUnmarried Author:Francis Bacon
“Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!” MenWritingPersonsBeautifulYoungAnswersSceneYoung ManYoung WomenCastlesStumble Upon Author:Michael Palin