In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they are missing out on much else life has to offer. Dennis Flanagan agelifemiss Change image and share on social
I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of those people who says, 'I've got to write a song every day.' I just store up ideas, and really I have to wait until it finds me; I know when I'm ready to write. It used to frustrate me, but it doesn't any more. It's just how it is. Paul Weller ageburstcontrol share on social
The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great library founded by Ptolemy I in 286 BC. Gary Wolf agealexandrianarchive Change image and share on social
I definitely have to admit that I am fairly ignorant, not just to 'Tron,' but almost any pop culture thing that I should know, at my age. I grew up without a television and rarely got to see a movie, so I didn't really see any of that stuff, and I haven't been able to catch up since. Tricia Helfer admitagecatch share on social
It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5. James Heckman agebirthchange Change image and share on social
I never really felt like my age stopped people from wanting to work with me. I was speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities at 18, and I think that was mainly because web developing and management was a really young industry. Matt Mickiewicz ageconferencedevelop share on social
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it. Bertrand Russell agecertaintychief Change image and share on social
The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses. Susan Vreeland ageamericanbridge share on social
At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see. Jennifer Carpenter absolutelyagebusiness share on social
I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person. Jarvis Cocker agedignifyform Change image and share on social