I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me. Alan Kay 1stagebook share on social
Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed. A. N. Wilson agebodilybrain share on social
'Harry Potter' made it cool to read children's fiction, and 'Twilight' did the same for a slightly older age group. What I'm seeing is mothers and daughters who love to read the same books. L.A. Weatherly agebookchild Change image and share on social
Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom! Orson F. Whitney agechampionchoose Change image and share on social
I started writing at the age of seventeen because I had a teacher in high school who said that we had to get something accepted by a national magazine to get an A. The teacher later withdrew that threat, but the writing bug bit me. Laurence Yep acceptagebite share on social
We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making. Yo-Yo Ma agecomegolden Change image and share on social
'7 Years' seems to have attracted a lot of age groups - people seem to see their own lives in the song, and it's great to see so many people reacting in that way to it. Lukas Forchhammer ageattractgreat Change image and share on social
The Republicans are, 'the party of the rich,' my mom said, 'We're poor, so we're Democrats.' That convinced me. I had no wish to remain poor, so I became a Republican at the age of 12. Lionel Sosa ageconvincedemocrat Change image and share on social
Self-parody is the first portent of age. Larry McMurtry ageparodyportent Change image and share on social
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have. Laura Marling ageconfusecynicism Change image and share on social
