“Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and "must have-once-been-beautiful" begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsI CanHardAgeBeautifulAttentionFiveCuttingCeaseForty Author:Paulina Porizkova
“I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people in America. God willing, maybe one of you one day will even rise up and get to be president of this country — or maybe forty-four in a row. But that’s my point, is they’ve taken this idea of no establishment as persecution, because they feel entitled, not to equal status, but to greater status.” PeopleFeelsBelieveIdeasCountryHardChristianAmericaPresidentTakenGreaterFourWillingOne DayEqualGods WillFortyEstablishmentEntitledPersecutionPersecuted Author:Jon Stewart
“We need to see men and women as equal partners, but its hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!” PeopleThinkingMenNeedsYearsHardFiveEqualMen And WomenYears AgoPartnersFive YearsFortyHepburnTracy Author:Betty Friedan
“My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I felt better. Failure and grief as well as success and love had served me well. Finally, I was tapping into that most hard-won of your dews: wisdom.” WellsSelfHardWisdomFacesFeltPowerfulGriefComfortableAnd LoveAgingSelf ConfidenceFortyDewTapping Author:Nancy A. Collins
“In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it to you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by forty lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you stole a dog and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit punches, although it was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong enough to punch you.” IfsHardEnoughBigsStrongDogCrimeHumorousCatEnglandCaughtStealingBreadFortySheepReceivingTwelveHungRabbitsStrong EnoughLashesHandyOlden Days Author:Mike Harding