Age Quotes - Page 189

You know every stage of your life has an impact on you.

The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman. It is only when we know what were the conditions of the average woman's life - the number of children, whether she had money of her own, if she had a room to herself, whether she had help bringing up her family, if she had servants, whether part of the housework was her task - it is only when we can measure the way of life and experience made possible to the ordinary woman that we can account for the success or failure of the extraordinary woman as a writer.

Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state of nothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God.

Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.

Tailored jackets with jeans is a great look for all ages. Dress up with a heel and pretty shirt, or just wear a smart T-shirt under the jacket.

A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.

Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

I had become conscious of my physicality, aware of my presence and open to the ugly truths of the world. At the age of thirteen, I realised that there was a danger in innocence and beauty, and I could not live with both.

If I'm going to show cleavage or chest then I don't show leg. I show one thing. If I show leg then everything else is covered up.

You are as strong as you think you are, you can achieve things you think you can achieve, its all in your head

Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement.

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.

The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?

The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.

For you know only a heap of broken images

We decided long ago that we didn't want Chipotle's success to be tied to the exploitation of animals, farmers, or the environment, but the engagement of our customers.

The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.