""You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray.""

-- Robert Southey

#Father Quotes #Men Quotes #Locks Quotes

“I don't rely on my figure to sell records.”
“Imagination, on the contrary, which is ever wandering beyond the bounds of truth, joined to self-love and that self-confidence we are so apt to indulge, prompt us to draw conclusions which are not immediately derived from facts.”

Source : Antoine Lavoisier (2011). “Elements of Chemistry”, Courier Corporation
“Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.”
“Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.188, Columbia University Press
“Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in.”

Source : Whittaker Chambers (1989). “Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism of Whittaker Chambers, 1931-1959”, Gateway Books
“Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? This is commonly misquotes as You can't have you're cake and eat it, too.”
“You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it's functional, which is not the same as being evolutionary.”
“As we grow up we learn that even the person that wasnt supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it gets harder every time. Youll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. Youll fight with your best friend. Youll blame a new love for things an old one did. Youll cry because time is passing too fast, and youll eventually lose someone you love, so take many pictures, laugh too much and love like youve never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is one minute of happiness youll never get back.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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