Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly. – Malcolm Bradbury
Tolerance – the function of an extinguished ardor – tolerance cannot seduce the young. – Emile M. Cioran
If I was a businessman, I could have made a huge amount of money. But none of that really crossed my mind while I was young and traveling. – Mark Shand
Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a ‘reverse Birthright’ for Israeli kids to come see America. – Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it. – Francis Ford Coppola
Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities. – Mia Wasikowska
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music. – Derek Bailey
If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it’s definitely take care of your shoulders. – Eric Shanteau
I look really young. I always get carded at bars. No one believes that I’m over 18, let alone over 21. – Monica Keena
From what I hear is happening, young Indian boxers have started to do well on the world stage and started to gain the attention of the general audience. – Evander Holyfield
Asia’s governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies – and older, fragile authoritarian regimes. – Paul Samuelson
I was born at the right time. I was a freak – the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s. – Eric Bristow
I’m pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these new technologies just to make more flashing lights. – Mitchel Resnick
I remember we would get young, aspiring actors to come on ’77 Sunset Strip’ – I remember George Kennedy was one of those – and they would do a big guest star part, a lead, and they’d be paid maybe $850. – Edd Byrnes
‘Graveminder’ is about a mortician, a young woman with commitment issues, a dead teenager, and a town called Claysville where the dead don’t always stay dead. – Melissa Marr
There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. – Monica Bellucci
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigeria’s growth and development. – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Well, I am not really a conventional mom at all. Like, I had my kids really young. I had Danny when I was 18 or 19 and then Liam when I was 23 and Molly, I had when I was a little older. – Monica Potter
As the editor-in-chief of the do-it-yourself magazine ‘Make,’ I’ve met scores of dedicated makers. They come from all walks of life – rich, poor, young, old, male, female, religious, atheist, liberal, conservative. – Mark Frauenfelder
I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly developed moral muscle. – Morris Gleitzman
Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit. – Patti Smith
