Leaving My Twenties Quotes & Sayings

When I think of the gold-diggers and the Mormons, the slaves and the slave-holders and the flibustiers, I naturally dream of a glorious private life. No, I am not patriotic. — Henry David Thoreau

First and foremost, there is a difference between being perceived as an expert and being one. In the context of business, the former is what sells product and the latter, relative to your "minimal customer base," is what creates good products and prevents returns. — Timothy Ferriss

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers. — James D. Watson

Although some observers believe that feminism and sexual liberalism no longer threaten family values, little in fact has changed. Contemporary sexual liberals are merely less honest than earlier feminists in facing the inevitable antifamily consequences of their beliefs. They continue to maintain that the differences between men and women, such as men's greater drive to produce in the workplace, are somehow artificial and dispensable. They still insist that men and women can generally share and reverse roles without jeopardizing marriage. They still encourage a young woman to sacrifice her twenties in intense rivalry with men, leaving her to clutch desperately for marriage as her youthfulness and fertility pass. Although they declare themselves supporters of the family, they are scarcely willing to define it. — George Gilder

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion. — Robert Goulet

Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along. — Assata Shakur

Knievel seemed braver and more brazen - and more unhinged - than any other athlete-cum-thrill-seeker of his era. — Douglas Brinkley