"It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . ."

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Source : Joanna Baillie (2001). “Plays on the Passions”, p.266, Broadview Press

Joanna Baillie

#Men Quotes #Young Quotes #Old Man Quotes

“I want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted -- not my hand held by an old smoothie.”
“The mountain is high, the valley is low, and you're confused on which way to go. So I've come here to give you a hand, and lead you into the promised land. So, come on and take a free ride, come on and sit here by my side, come on and take a free ride!”
“Poor form in the gym is caused by insufficient yelling.”
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
“Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring - these are even more deeply moving. Branches about to blossom or gardens strewn with flowers are worthier of our admiration.”
“I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.”
“I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.”
“Food banking as well as other antihunger programs do a good job of managing poverty by alleviating its worst symptom, hunger.”

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