#passage

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films. ↗

— Alain Resnais

#director #film #films #had #i

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#different #different way #done #fascinating #passage

We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number. ↗

— Nathaniel Smith

#difficulties #eighty #fear #great #great number

Old age and the passage of time teach all things. ↗

— Sophocles

#all things #old #old age #passage #teach

You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages. ↗

— Al Stewart

#hand #out #passages #reach #those

They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#great #had #number #passage #said

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. ↗

— James Taylor

#life #passage #secret #time

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. ↗

— Lauren Hutton

#able #been #grow #grow up #life

Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#chances #doors #entrance #exit #opportunities

After so many years even the fire of passion dies, and with it what was believed the light of the truth. Who of us is able to say now whether Hector or Achilles was right, Agamemnon or Priam, when they fought over the beauty of a woman who is now dust and ashes? ↗

— Umberto Eco

#homer #iliad #justification #mythology #passage-of-time