"Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once."

-- Dave Barry

#People Quotes #Age Quotes #Routine Quotes

“If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it.”
“What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.”

Source : "Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography". Book by Matthew Sturgis, p. 189, 1999.
“People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.”
“...the discovery, that at no time did this man (Hitler) pose or intend a real threat to Britain or the Empire.”
“Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.”

Source : "'NSYNC's Kirkpatrick Offers Peace Plan In Eminem/ Moby Beef" by Brian Wallace, www.mtv.com. August 30, 2002.
“To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor - the union is short and sweet.”
“Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]”
“I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.”

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