#old

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#divinity #erased #hand #human #human nature

There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below. ↗

— Hudson Stuck

#below #cold #feet #felt #keenly

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#allowing #better #grade #had #i

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#apartment #bench #five #get #half

In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#arrived #batch #in the past #letters #like

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood. ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#cold #done #horror #horror movie #kind

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old. ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#ever #five #horror #horror movies #i

Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

#everyone #had #i #me #symptoms

We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that. ↗

— Susan Hampshire

#age #become #countries #get #happens