#young man

The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#after #applied #arms #bearing #boy

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors. ↗

— Nathan Bedford Forrest

#colors #got #i #join #man

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#macbeth #man #older #part #straight

A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays. ↗

— Bruno Rossi

#cosmic rays #experiences #feeling #field #generated

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#bitter #choice #i #i think #man

As a young man you don't notice at all that you were, after all, badly affected. For years afterwards, at least ten years, I kept getting these dreams, in which I had to crawl through ruined houses, along passages I could hardly get through. ↗

— Otto Dix

#after #afterwards #along #badly #could

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease. ↗

— Sean Elliott

#diagnosed #disease #healthy #i #invincible

Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#calculator #forward #get #going #i

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well. ↗

— Gale Gordon

#against #because #done #embarrassed #felt

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#boy #growing #had #i #independent