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Elders Quotes (page 6)

Hey you, long face,' shouted an elderly gent who must have been at least seventy years old, but who was dancing through the flooded, rainy streets, waving a rolled umbrella like a sword. 'Don't you sing those Tragedy Songs round here. Salman Rushdie
Daisy Ashford quote: "Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking..."
Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking people to stay with him Daisy Ashford
He liked to make his hearers jump, now and then, and he said that our gravel pit was much the same sort of place as Gehenna. My elders thought this far-fetched, but I saw no reason why hell should not have, so to speak, visible branch establishments throughout the earth, and I have visited quite a few of them since. Robertson Davies
Gary Snyder quote: "In Western Civilization, our elders are books."
In Western Civilization, our elders are books. Gary Snyder
George Burns quote: "I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to..."
I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody. George Burns
In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. Yous see an elderly person you want to congratulate them on their longevity, ask the secret of survival. Suzanne Collins
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "In the elder days of art. Builders wrought with greatest care...."
In the elder days of art. Builders wrought with greatest care. Each minute and unseen part, For the Gods are everywhere Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nobody sees any one as he is, let alone an elderly lady sitting opposite a strange young man in a railway carriage. They see a whole--they see all sorts of things--they see themselves... Virginia Woolf
J. K. Rowling quote: "No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that..."
No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will. J. K. Rowling
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The world was fair, the mountains tall. In Elder Days before..."
The world was fair, the mountains tall. In Elder Days before the fall... J. R. R. Tolkien
And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good . Khalil Gibran
Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, Harry. I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I was fit to own the Elder Wand, and not to boast of it, and not to kill with it. I was permitted to tame and to use it, because I took it, not for gain, but to save others from it. J. K. Rowling
Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts. Virginia Woolf
Whatever harm I would do to another, I shall do first to myself. As I respect and am kind to myself, so shall I respect and be kind to peers, to elders, to kits. I claim for others the freedom to live as they wish, to think and believe as they will. I claim that freedom for myself. I shall make each choice and live each day to my highest sense of right. Richard Bach
Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. Lewis Mumford

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