Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. Ira Gershwin addagecontempt Change image and share on social
I can't say I'm not guilty of age discrimination when it comes to animals. Like most people I've walked into a shelter more than a few times and a magnetic force has pulled me toward those fluffy little puppies in the corner cage. Jenna Morasca ageanimalcage share on social
It doesn't matter how old people are. It matters if they love each other and have fun with each other. It has nothing to do with age. To get old is a mental disease. Everything is in the head. Nina Hagen agediseasefun Change image and share on social
There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation. James Buchan 20thadjustage share on social
Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson agebookfind Change image and share on social
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. Amos Bronson Alcott companyfeelfind Change image and share on social
My age is very insignificant to me. I don't think about it, but the world does. The world likes young people in general. Aurora agegeneralinsignificant Change image and share on social
I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society. Linton Kwesi Johnson ageanswerarticulate share on social
It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance. Ellen Key advanceageambition share on social