#old

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#before #both #broken #charges #common

Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher. ↗

— John Wanamaker

#higher #keep #old #raise #standards

This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#aggressive #country #debate #everyone #judgment

Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#economy #everyone #evolving #knowledge #must

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#benefit #career #crowd #difficult #envisioned

I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits - men who would be flipping burgers if they hadn't found an outlet for their brilliant mind-sets. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#also #bob #bob dylan #brilliant #cool

Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes. ↗

— Tommy Douglas

#cow #doing #feeds #imagine #like

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#civilized #decent #free #friend #good

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#before #i #i love #i think #just

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth. ↗

— Ray Blanton

#know #speaking #told #truth #you