Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
Quotes to Explore
-
In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
-
I have been surfing since I was six years old.
-
We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
-
Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
-
When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
-
The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.
-
If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
-
Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
-
My go-to jeans are old Levi's I've gotten from boyfriends; they're worn-in and really yummy and perfect.
-
I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
-
One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
-
Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
-
Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
-
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
-
I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
-
I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
-
I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.
-
Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
-
One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in – I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece.
-
I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them.
-
In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.
-
God calls me to write the truth of my life transparently so that others can learn from my hurt and heartache without taking the field trip themselves.
-
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
