#old

Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#between #calm #chimney #commonest #corner

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#am #assigns #certain #doors #gentleman

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#go #gold #i #inside #laughs

That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six years old. If I can't effectively move people, then I would prefer not to do it. ↗

— Viola Davis

#effectively #i #i do #move #old

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#get #height #hips #joints #lot

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#accept #back #childhood #christmas #dose

I always thought my jaw line was manly. I have this pockmark on my chin from when I was 9. I used to get freaked out about it because people thought it was a pimple. But those are the things I've become really comfortable with as I've gotten older. My scars. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#always #because #become #chin #comfortable

When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#beard #chin #got #had #i

Growing old is not growing up. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#growing old #growing up #old #up

Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#arab #armies #attempts #bring #conquer