. . . the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. '. . . Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
As time goes on we become old, the future contracts, the past expands. . . But by future we don't just mean the years ahead; we always mean as well the plenitude of possibilities which challenge our creativity. . . In confrontation with the future we can become young if we accept the future's challenges.
That's a big trunk," James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan. "It fits a tuba, three suitcases, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly. " "That's just what they used to say in the ads," I said.
The idea that there is only one way to be reconciled with God has its origins in the Old Testament.
Cat lovers can readily be identified. Their clothes always look old and well used. Their sheets look like bath towels, and their bath towels look like a collection of knitting mistakes.
So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.
This was a memory I wanted to keep, whole, and recall again and again. When I was fifty years old I wanted to remember this moment on the porch, holding hands with Cameron while he shared himself with me. I didn’t want it to be something on the fringes of my memory like so many other things about Cameron and myself.
I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.
The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.
Old age is but a second childhood.
I've been playing a guitar since I was 10 years old.
Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.
From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.
When I was 17 years old, I was in the music business.
You must have seen great changes since you were a young man," said Winston tentatively. The old man's pale blue eyes moved from the darts board to the bar, and from the bar to the door of the Gents. . . "The beer was better," he said finally. "And cheaper! When I was a young man, mild beer - wallop we used to call it - was fourpence a pint. That was before the war, of course. " "Which war was that?" said Winston. "It's all wars," said the old man vaguely. He took up his glass, and his shoulders straightened again. "'Ere's wishing you the very best of 'ealth!
We live in an old chaos of the sun.
John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the road, chugging gas and farting a blue cloud of dinosaur souls.
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.