Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. Edmund Morgan ageamendmentark share on social
I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years. Ed Wynn ageavoidcalendar Change image and share on social
My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15. Elliott Yamin agebabybaghdad share on social
If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it. Emma Thompson agebitebreak Change image and share on social
I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.' Edward Carey ageboardchildhood share on social
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. E. B. White acceptanceadjustmentage Change image and share on social
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. Ed Koch agebeargoldwyn Change image and share on social
I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that if I just understood math and physics and philosophy, I could figure out everything else from first principles. Erez Lieberman Aiden agebegincollege share on social
It's very important to me to be an American poet, a Jewish poet, a poet who came of age in the 1960s. Edward Hirsch 1960sageamerican Change image and share on social
I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that. Evel Knievel agecarcare share on social
