#old

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. ↗

— John Leonard

#bad #bad times #boldness #cellars #hand

When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#bit #british #british empire #did #empire

Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#anything #bore #i #knew #me

I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#book #charts #diagrams #draw #elaborate

Here's a little known fact - Arnold is the first body builder to run for governor since Janet Reno. ↗

— David Letterman

#body #builder #fact #first #governor

It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said. ↗

— David Letterman

#enter #everybody #governor #least #official

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. ↗

— Philip Levine

#i #old #poet #too #written

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them. ↗