#old

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ↗

— George Santayana

#grafted #green #inveterate #most #old

The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#believe #down #drum #given #go

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #between #bigot #called #controversial

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#i #original #original sin #overabundance #sin

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old! ↗

— May Sarton

#capacity #compared #every #few #forget

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#detail #distinguish #longer #told #victory

I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#am #behalf #convinced #i #i am

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#death #dividend #drawing #grey #land

Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#eyes #feel #front #hair #i

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#better #four #had #hard #i