Age of Quotes

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . .

If you can get a young person to the age of 18, 19 or 20 and they have not begun to smoke, it is unlikely they ever will.

In an age of instant gratification and superficial solutions to grave social ills, this cannot be emphasized enough.

Shoppers under the age of 35 are most likely to attend a party, compared to those aged 35 and older.

I'm not busy, ... A woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

Byron came to grad school at the tender age of 43, and had some desire to become a professor and eventually did it. He was an interesting mix, he was a true bohemian in many respects.

My father lived through it and passed away at the age of 90. He used to tell the stories and break down and cry.

This is the patent age of new inventions/ For killing bodies, and saving souls,/ All propagated with the best of intentions.

If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.

I surprised a local minister at the age of 10 when he asked me what I wanted to be and I told him that I wanted to be an eye and ear doctor.

The [Eskimos'] front office is aware of the age of these two guys.

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff.

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been of more value to mankind than all the diamonds of the mines of India.

She was a gutsy woman who came to work even at the age of 84.

Medical advances have created a fourth age of humankind intermediate between middle and old age, and this is the new prime of life.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

These findings are reassuring for women who want to use these hormones around the age of menopause in the short term for the relief of symptoms.

Every kid in the family, besides Marvel, left the house by the age of 16. There was less stress living on our own than trying to survive in the environment we were in. I don't know how Marvel did it. He spent his time playing football, but the cards were stacked against him.

We want to share what boating was like in the so-called 'golden age' of boating.

What would be a concern is if a pregnant woman were exposed or children under the age of 4.

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks which the crowd pretends to be taken in by to avoid feeling too disappointed. Ghost towns, ghost people. The whole place has the same air of obsolescence about it as Sunset or Hollywood Boulevard.

In this age of 'CSI' and forensic medicine it's clear that with good old-fashioned police work ... we can put together a circumstantial case, ... And we can make sure that justice, however delayed, is not denied.

This investigation is a very serious criminal matter given the nature of the offense and the age of the victim. The District Attorney's Office has filed charges of aggravated sexual assault ... and aggravated assault; both of these charges are serious felony offenses. The investigation is still continuing, and as a result we are unable to comment ... other than to say that additional charges are pending.

Here is an age of exploration, an age of so many discoveries happening all at once. The things that were picked for someone's chamber tells something about themselves, and usually they go for spectacular objects.

This campaign was used to promote an addictive and dangerous product to children and adolescents under the age of 18. [This] practice is illegal.