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In these were gathered together the brightest young minds I could find, and I kept agents out raking the country for more, all the time. I was training a crowd of ignorant folk into experts—experts in every sort of handiwork and scientific calling.
- Mark Twain
My friend, who loved above all things precision and concentration of thought, resented anything which distracted his attention from the matter in hand. And yet, without a harshness which was foreign to his nature, it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautiful woman
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
- Amelia Earhart
Two pieces of advice for young composers: Go away during technical rehearsals. And do not have a back operation.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sleep - real sleep, the dear, the cherished one, the lullaby. So deep and warm the bed and the pillow enfolding me, letting me sink into peace, nothingness - my dreams now, after the catharsis of the dark hours, are of young and lovely people doing young, lovely things, the girls I knew once, with big brown eyes, real yellow hair.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
A delightful sense of being very young and free in a civilization that was very old and free.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Is this the same teaching, when Christ says to the rich young man, Sell all that thou hast, and give it to the poor; and when the priest says, Sell all that thou hast and...give it to me?
- Soren Kierkegaard
Is this the same teaching, when Christ says to the rich young man, Sell all that thou hast, and give it to the poor; and when the pastor says, Sell all that thou hast and — give it to me?
- Soren Kierkegaard
Young man, there is America—which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
- Edmund Burke
All gods have this problem, Hwi. In the perception of deeper needs, I must often ignore the immediate ones. Not addressing immediate needs is an offense to the young. Could you not reason with her and... Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
- Frank Herbert
I have met so many young people who do not see the church as relevant and do not consider the Bible a real book of history that can be trusted.
- Ken Ham
The quiet, almost passive young woman struck him as exactly the kind of person to whom things were bound to happen, no matter how much she shrank from them and went out of her way to avoid them.
- Edith Wharton