Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. J. B. Priestley advertisementageday Change image and share on social
Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. Terry Eagleton agebackmodern Change image and share on social
I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my parents' apartment in Arlington, where I grew up. I got a telescope at age 10, which is pretty normal, and by the time I was in eighth grade, I had already seen a lot of cheesy sci-fi films. Seth Shostak ageapartmentarlington share on social
I'm often asked where my nickname 'Kun' comes from. My parents says it was a Japanese cartoon I used to watch on television when I was very young, set in the Stone Age, where the main character was a boy called Kum Kum, the little caveman. Sergio Aguero ageaskboy share on social
Compassion is not defined in one form. There's no Indian compassion. There's no American compassion. It transcends nation, the gender, the age. Why? Because it is there in everybody. It's experienced by people occasionally. Dayananda Saraswati ageamericancompassion share on social
At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life. Katie Findlay activityageballet Change image and share on social
Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals, but not many sea faring ones. Robert T. Bakker ageanimalbig Change image and share on social
It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged. Jane Fonda agediscouragehard Change image and share on social
I've had watermelon hair where I had pink with green tips. From the age of 13 to about 19 or 20, I never had my real hair color. Natalia Tena agecolorgreen Change image and share on social
My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet. Nandan Nilekani ageamountconcern share on social