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And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Quote by Elton John about love, age, olderness, day, contentment

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about age, olderness, power, sex, things

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

Quote by Magic Johnson about career, age, olderness, things

I started as a singer, or, I should say, I first got the bug to be a performer when I was about 5 years old, singing in my grandfather's church.

Quote by Don Johnson about old, olderness

My father tried to get me to learn the guitar when I was about 10 years old. I just wasn't motivated.

Quote by Don Johnson about old, olderness

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

Quote by Quincy Jones about old, olderness, people, world, good, good luck

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this.

Quote by Quincy Jones about dignity, proudness, magic, idea, rightness, man

The band was working 70 one-nighters in a row all through the south, doing 700 miles a night, with these guys that had been out there 30 years. I used to watch the old guys. I really respected their wisdom.

Quote by Quincy Jones about night, wisdom, old, olderness

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old.

Quote by Quincy Jones about tragedy, old, olderness, life

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.

Quote by Quincy Jones about mother, old, olderness, things

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about old, olderness

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

Quote by James Joyce about glory, age, olderness, world

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Quote by James Joyce about fiction, name, children, mother, age, olderness

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Quote by Franz Kafka about ability, beauty, old, olderness

The thorn bush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Quote by Franz Kafka about philosophy, obstacles, trap, fire, fire brigade, old, olderness, contentment

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Quote by Franz Kafka about youth, ability, beauty, happiness, old, olderness

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.

Quote by Jim Bishop about future, old, olderness, nothing, face

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Quote by George Burns about sex, age, olderness

Nothing improves with age.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, age, olderness, nothing

Sex is a three-letter word which needs some old-fashioned four-letter words to convey its full meaning.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, word, old, olderness, sex