#till

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#alive #barriers #between #communication #elders

One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#been #circles #david #declined #domestic

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive. ↗

— Jack White

#alive #always #buy #deal #felt

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there. ↗

— Ryan White

#eventually #i #prejudice #right #school

There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go. ↗

— Morris West

#clinging #go #hands #i #let go

The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. ↗

— Otis Williams

#left #spite #stand #still #temptations

Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist. ↗

— Auberon Waugh

#am #back #exist #i #i am

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#begins #civilization #cultivation #earth #farmers

Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#afraid #deal #downs #entertaining #feel

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers. ↗

— Simone Weil

#instrument #manufacture #more #still #teachers