Fiftysome Quotes & Sayings

Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there? — Mike Huckabee

When you can love your enemy unconditionally, that is the practice of divine love. — Debasish Mridha

Eden, yeah, she was definitely a morning glory: as pretty as a flower, with the strength of a weed. — Mia Sheridan

It's normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self's agenda. — Nhat Hanh

I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan. — Nigel Kneale

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. — Carl Levin

Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices. — Sophie Kinsella

Mercer opens hi mouth to argue, and Bastion Banister chooses this moment to open his mouth and snap at the circling bee. To his own evident surprise, he captures it, and there's a curious little glonking noise as he swallows it whole. Mercer cringes slightly, as if expecting the dog to explode.
Nothing happens.
"All right," Polly Cradle says, and then, pro forma, "Bastion, you're a very naughty boy."
"Yes," Mercer says acidly. "The dog has consumed a possibly lethal technological device of immense sophistication, deprived us of our only piece of tangible evidence and possibly doomed us all to some sort of arcane scientific retaliative strike. By all means, chide him severely with your voice. That will solve everyone's problems. — Nick Harkaway

Try to see the world from the eyes of an old man! Old eyes are a good place to begin with for understanding the truths! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Victims of misfortune are quick to sense another of their kind from a distance, but in old age they rarely become friends, which is in no way surprising: they have nothing to share together - not even hope. — Ivan Turgenev