#age

To have another language is to possess a second soul. ↗

— Charlemagne

#language #possess #second #soul

What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible. ↗

— Cao Cao

#battle #certain #decline #defeated #doubts

In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s. ↗

— Lois Capps

#children #defined #double #early #more

I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people. ↗

— Pete Cashmore

#few #good #i #just #kept

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. ↗

— Frank Capra

#called #courage #eyes #film #gable

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it. ↗

— Pierre Cardin

#i #name #take #take advantage

Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially whatever peace you can broker with the person inside. It's furrow, pinch, and judgement that make us look older - our mothers were right. They said that if you made certain faces, they would stick, and they do. But our mothers forgot that faces of kindness and integrity stick as well. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#beauty #faces #feature #older #age

If Mother had to be told not to shove the entire brick of Ivory up Junior's hindquarters, constipation is the least of his problems. ↗

— James Lileks

#parenting #age

I just liked the idea of being engaged. ↗

— Belinda Carlisle

#engaged #i #idea #just #liked

You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman. ↗

— Belinda Carlisle

#sexually #size #viable #woman #you