“My temperament and habit had always kept me rather in the middle of the road; in politics as well as in social reform I had been for "the best possible." But now I was pushed far toward the left on the subject of the war and I became gradually convinced that in order to make the position of the pacifist clear it was perhaps necessary that at least a small number of us should be forced into an unequivocal position.” ShouldWellsWarOrderLeftSocialNumbersClearMiddleSubjectsPositionHabitConvincedReformTemperamentSocial ReformPacifistSmall NumbersMiddle Of The RoadUnequivocal Book:The Jane Addams Reader Source: The Jane Addams Reader
“belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager vitality postpone the unenterprising cautions and timidities of middle age.” ChildrenAgeParentMiddleYouthHabitCautionPersistentVitalityMiddle AgesCompensationSmall ChildTimidityMaternityBelated Author:Vera Brittain
“A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving.” BookNovelMiddleHabitForgiving Author:Lev Grossman
“Most readers look at the photograph first. If you put it in the middle of the page, the reader will start by looking in the middle. Then her eye must go up to read the headline; this doesn't work, because people have a habit of scanning downwards. However, suppose a few readers do read the headline after seeing the photograph below it. After that, you require them to jump down past the photograph which they have already seen. Not bloody likely.” PeopleIfsFirstsLooksEyePastSeeingMiddleReaderHabitPagesPhotographBloodyHer EyesHeadlinesScanning Author:David Ogilvy
“A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.” MenChildrenLongHas BeensGivenChanceEducationTeachingMiddleIgnoranceDevelopmentHabitAdultsContraryIgnorantConventionsContinuingArrestedMiddle AgedCocoons Book:Complete Essays: 1920-1925 Source: Complete Essays: 1920-1925
“Mindfulness is the key to everything, and this is especially true when one approaches the cultural portal known as "middle age." This is when people mindlessly believe that it's normal to get diseases and start to fall apart. But the truth is that midlife is the time when people need to wake up and be far more mindful about their everyday habits and thinking patterns.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveAgeFallKnownMiddleKeysHabitTruth IsDiseaseNormalApproachMindfulnessWake UpEverydayPatternsFalling ApartMiddle AgesPortalMidlife Author:Christiane Northrup
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.” IfsThinkingEndsSeemsLife IsRealizingMiddleHabitEmptyEarningShockedMiddle AgedEarning A Living Author:Martha C. Nussbaum