"Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."

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Source : Hervey Allen (1933). “Anthony Adverse”

Hervey Allen

#Age Quotes #Five Senses Quotes #Middle Quotes

“There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the ground cut out from under them... Decent people lost their jobs.... Big money is big power and big power gets used wrong. It's the system.”
“You can find that sort of regularity in Stock Exchange quotations. [Expressing his lack of confidence in reported regularities in the periodic classification of elements.]”
“I hate the cursed Oriole fundamentals... I've been doing them since 1964. I do them in my sleep. I hate spring training.”
“I find that different types of music are good for certain activities.”
“Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.”
“The continued existence of society depends upon private property.”
“Ultimately a good logo is something that people recognize instantly and relate to.”
“What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the better. We hope that by supporting the good work that is being done, especially at the grass roots, we can help to alleviate the suffering of human beings. That is our core mission - to draw attention to the impact that conflict, injustice and poverty have on ordinary people.”

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