#sixteen

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. ↗

— Billie Holiday

#eighteen #got #i #just #kids

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#every #hours #living #provides #relief

Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them. ↗

— Boy George

#closet #gay #had #i #knew

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#cent #corporate #fifteen #heads #hundred

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers. ↗

— John Britton

#after #associate #became #birth #early

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends. ↗

— Chanakya

#by the time #children #darling #first #five

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it. ↗

— Adele

#any #been #cold #curtain #day

I mean, that's another big surprise of the show, is that I see sixteen year old people who recognize me and they're honest, for-real fans of the show. And it goes down to nine months. I mean, I've heard of nine month to year-old children who are watching the show. ↗

— Steve Burns

#big #big surprise #children #down #fans

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. ↗

— Truman Capote

#eleven #honors #i #lovely #sixteen

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#going #hour #hours #how #last