Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth...
The music that was popular in your youth seems to be the music you recall most vividly - and most nostalgically - for the rest of your life. But so is the music that was popular in your parents' youth.
...youth looks good in anything; unpleasant details lose themselves against the unabating vigour of youth...
Behold yon rough and flinty road Where youth, now youth no more, Gropes whining, seeking crumbs of loaves He cast away of yore.
It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.
I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
[Philip's death was] beyond comparison the most afflicting of my life.... He was truly a fine youth. But why should I repine? It was the will of heaven and he is now out of the reach of the seductions and calamities of a world full of folly, full of ...
Death makes us equal in the grave but not in eternity.
If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth.
We're being lead by an idiot with a crayon.
Eternal peace is hell for the adventurers.
Eternal life can mean utter reverence for life itself.
If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity.
Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.
The langour of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! The zest, the generous affections, the illusions, the despair, all the traditional attributes of Youth - all save this come and go with us through life....
I like the idea of a kind of eternal music, but I didn't want it to be eternally repetitive, either. I wanted it to be eternally changing. So I developed two ideas in that way. 'Discreet Music' was like that, and 'Music for Airports.' What you hear o...
When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth.
The lesser of two evils was still evil.
A CD. How quaint. We have these in museums.
You can never trust a Vampire, child.
