#youthful

It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#army #arrogance #because #been #boring

For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#artist #being #discovery #doing #explain

The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#audience #because #energy #got #great

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#attained #endowed #energy #extremely #feet

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#feel #great #great time #had #i

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. ↗

— John Cheever

#beauty #give #good #good prose #grief

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#create #good #parties #temporary #youthfulness

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. ↗

— David Frum

#candidate #china #democracies #democratic #economy

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander. ↗

— Juvenal

#globe #seemed #small #too #youthful

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#alive #barriers #between #communication #elders