“I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.” GivingTryingWellsEnoughSchoolFormLeftEasyBreakSupportTroubleHigh SchoolTwentiesForgottenOur FamilyCredence Author:Julia Leigh
“Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty surya namaskars in a row.” LooksMayTroubleYogaTwentiesPeacefulBreathingCalmingSchwarzenegger Author:Kareena Kapoor
“I was not very well-behaved. I remember I was a discipline problem. I was a typical American male at twenty-years-old, and I was causing trouble whenever I could.” YearsWellsProblemRememberTroubleDisciplineTwentiesMalesTypicalCausing Trouble Author:Peter DeLuise
“I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops . . . I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.” IfsThinkingWorldWholeFeelingsGuyCasesFiveRiskTroubleHavensSmartHatredTwentiesCome UpCardsExpensesCopBulletsGreedyBucksTwenty FiveThink Of MeGasolineSapSaying Thank YouVery SmartWhiskyDodgeScruplesSmart Guy Author:Raymond Chandler
“History in the making is a very uncertain thing. It might be better to wait till the South American republic has got through withits twenty-fifth revolution before reading much about it. When it is over, some one whose business it is, will be sure to give you in a digested form all that it concerns you to know, and save you trouble, confusion, and time. If you will follow this plan, you will be surprised to find how new and fresh your interest in what you read will become.” IfsKnowsGivingMightFormReadingWaitingInterestHistoryPlansTroubleRevolutionNewsConcernTwentiesSouthConfusionRepublicUncertainFifth Author:Anna Brackett
“Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most writers are just trying to pay the bills, like anyone else - Stephanie Meyers is the literary equivalent of a television evangelist. Fork over twenty bucks and she'll help you forget your troubles for a while. I certainly don't fault her for her success, but I hope she has no illusions about the quality of her craft or the longevity of her efforts.” TryingMeanHelpingCoursesWaterForgetEffortPayQualityTroubleTelevisionDivineIllusionTwentiesBillsFaultsCraftsBordersLongevityBucksForksForget YouEvangelistsDeep Water Author:Kevin Keck
“The trouble with Jim was he looked at the world and could not look away. And when you never look away all your life, by the time you are thirteen you have done twenty years taking in the laundry of the world.” WorldYearsLooksDoneTroubleTwentiesThirteenLaundry Book:Something Wicked This Way Comes Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.” IfsYearsHumansLooksChildrenI CanEndsFeelingsProblemJobsNightHumanityChoicesCoursesEvilHuman BeingsMoralTroublePercentTwentiesWingsSurpriseNineRangeAwakeBoredomI've LearnedOverwhelmingCostumesRadarNine YearsSurprise MePlightInsignificanceBad ChoicesAwake At NightMoral Life Author:Douglas Coupland
“I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveFatherFunI BelieveParentTroubleRegretLateMy FriendsTwentiesParentingHaving FunTorn Author:Eric McCormack
“If you want to live a long time, don't fool with nothing old but money, nothing big but a bank roll, nothing black but a Cadillac, nothing over twenty-two years, nothing that weighs over 130. If you do, you're in trouble. 'Cause when you're getting old and your cells gettin' low, you'll need a Delco battery to boost ya.” IfsWantNeedsYearsLongTwoBigsCausesBlackTroubleFoolLong TimeLowsTwentiesCellsTwo YearsGetting OldBoostBatteriesTwenty TwoCadillacs Author:Satchel Paige