Slydynge Quotes & Sayings

In the beginning, there was no retirement. There were no old people. In the Stone Age, everyone was fully employed until age 20, by which time nearly everyone was dead, usually of unnatural causes. Any early man who lived long enough to develop crow's-feet was either worshiped or eaten as a sign of respect. — Mary-Lou Weisman

Ne nevere mo ne lakked hire pite;
Tendre-herted, slydynge of corage;
But trewely, I kan nat telle hire age. — Geoffrey Chaucer

I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette. — Antonia Fraser

Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face. — Billy Joel

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings

Building a better future will depend on our ability to appreciate generational differences. — Mal Fletcher

I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page ... sunrise over the desert and masses of ... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue. — Anthony Hopkins

I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms, said the Lion. It didn't say this as if it were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it. — C.S. Lewis

Yr crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is put it on yr head — James Baldwin