#twenty

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#full #hope #know #man #reform

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#barbarity #been #country #during #effort

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield. ↗

— Cole Younger

#been #eleven #i #received #these

Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#anybody #day #discipline #home #hours

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#around #been #catholic #catholic school #chairs

We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#because #building #came #case #confined

For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts. ↗

— Robert Casey

#almost #america #been #controlled #courts

Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years. ↗

— Belinda Carlisle

#life #short #too #twenty #years

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#barrels #could #covered #emerged #follow

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team. ↗

— Just Fontaine

#first #i #morocco #national #national team