#rising

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#belongs #body #evil #far #feeling

Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all. ↗

— Frances Power Cobbe

#elevation #every #must #old #old story

One's dream is constantly evolving, rising and falling, changing course. This happens in every job, but because I have worked in comedy for twenty-five years, I can probably speak best about my own profession. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#because #best #changing #comedy #constantly

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#bench #down #generally #gently #i

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

#comforts #culture #entertainment #forms #given

No, he said, we are not alone. I have you, and you have me. And there is Arya and Nasuada and Orik, and many others besides who will help us along our way. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#brisingr #companionship #friendship #friendship

It's hard to wipe your eyes when you have whirring buzzsaws for hands. ↗

— Daniel H. Wilson

#robot #survive #uprising #rebellion

Seminaked men!” Jacky trilled. “With swords,” Kat purred. “It is a romance novel! ↗

— P.C. Cast

#p-c-cast #warrior-rising #men

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#agreeable #another #arising #contemplating #misery

I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising. ↗

— Adam Brody

#i think #intelligent #intelligent people #look #people