“Ready? No one is ever ready, my boy. But some do what they plan to do and some never will. The difference between the two is that the first group understand that they need to start somewhere, so they do so. Straight away” NeedsFirstsTwoDifferencesBoysPlansGroupsReadyMy Boys Author:Chris Murray
“Such figures as Boy George do not disturb me nearly so much as do those relentlessly hetero (sexual?) keepers of the keys and seals, those who know what the world needs in the way of order and who are ready and willing to supply that order.” KnowsWorldWayNeedsOrderBoysFiguresWillingReadyKeysSealsKeepers Author:James A. Baldwin
“At the heart of male bonding is this experience of boys in early puberty: they know they must break free from their mothers and the civilized world of women, but they are not ready yet for the world of men, so they are only at home with other boys, equally outcast, equally frightened, and equally involved in posturing what they believe to be manhood.” KnowsMenWorldBelieveHeartHomeMotherBoysBreakReadyInvolvedMalesCivilizedFrightenedManhoodNot ReadyOutcastBondingPuberty Author:Frank Pittman
“It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.” Has BeensSchoolUsedQualityBoysTalentReadyAcceptedNot Ready Author:Johann Sebastian Bach
“The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to learn their lines. The old timers used to say, "Be very careful, dear boy, what you get in to during the first weeks of a long tour."” FirstsLongEndsPlayUsedActorsLinesBoysWeekReadyGoes OnWestDearCarefulOld DaysOld TimeTimerWest EndOld Timers Author:Tom Courtenay
“I was the last one of nine kids - eight girls and me last - and my sisters were going out. They were teenagers. And as they were getting ready, I would sit on the bathtub and watch them put on makeup and transform themselves - you know, putting on clothes and giggling about the boys they were going to meet and everything. So for me, that was an amazing thing - the fact of transforming themselves.” KnowsFactsKidsLastsGirlBoysWatchesReadyClothesEightNineTeenagerMakeupMy SisterGoing OutTransformingAmazing ThingsBathtubs Author:Riccardo Tisci