"The aged are terrible - mere heaps of cinders on the grass from which none can tell how tall the flames once were or what company gathered round them."

-- Rebecca West

#Flames Quotes #Age Quotes #Grass Quotes

“I'm pretty bad at seeing new films.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“Overcoming complacency is crucial at the start of any change process, and it often requires a little bit of surprise, something that grabs attention at more than an intellectual level. You need to surprise people with something that disturbs their view that everything is perfect.”
“My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what.”
“Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.”
“All this to say: I am forty-three years old. I may yet live another forty. What do I do with those years? How do I fill them without Lexy? When I come to tell the story of my life, there will be a line, creased and blurred and soft with age, where she stops. If I win the lottery, if I father a child, if I lose the use of my legs, it will be after she has finished knowing me. "When I get to Heaven", my grandmother used to say, widowed at thirty-nine, "your grandfather won't even recognize me.”

Source : Carolyn Parkhurst (2003). “The Dogs of Babel”, Large Print Press
“Movies are an expensive business.”
“Animal research has lead to advances in the treatment of many conditions... Where there is no alternative available, we will continue to ensure that the balance between animal welfare and scientific advancement is maintained.”
“To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.”

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