Virginia Woolf Quotes

There is something about the present which we would not exchange, though we were offered a choice of all past ages to live in.

Virginia Woolf

Quotes to Explore

My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself.

Aaron Ciechanover
- Remember
- Age
- Military
People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

Sam Taylor-Wood
- People
- Heart
- Love
In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.

Patrick O'Brian
- Past
- Present
- Write
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

E. Joseph Cossman
- Mind
- Age
- Change
When I grew up, the thing boys would do during the summer is work tobacco because it was a cheap product back then. I didn't want to do that. From an early, early, early age, I was like, 'I like music. This performing thing comes easy.' And perhaps that's how I ended up doing what I'm doing today. Being a musician.

Maceo Parker
- Up
- Work
- Music
The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.

Ferid Murad
- Career
- Parents
- Education