William Lyon Phelps Quotes

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

William Lyon Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943

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It's an incredibly supportive and friendly field. Older people want to foster and help younger people. Which is not true of all creative fields, but it is true of comics, and it is true of radio.

Jessica Abel

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My father did everything for me. He was awesome.

Jenson Button

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Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that.

John Milius

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When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Ann Kirkpatrick

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Not to toot our own horn, but when 'The Sopranos' was on, it was as good as any movie that was coming out in the theater. I think that goes for a lot of shows today.

Michael Imperioli

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The real estate agent had to go door-to-door in the apartment building we wanted to rent, asking if it was OK for this interracial family - my mom is white and I was a 1-year-old half-African kid - to live in the apartment building.

Tom Morello

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Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at.

Robyn Hitchcock

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Investors should be cautiously positioned as the global economy and markets face major uncertainties. The downgrade will be a further headwind to growth and job creation in the U.S.

Mohamed El-Erian

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'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Dhani Harrison

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Poorly negotiated and lazily enforced trade deals have caused jobs to flee the heartland.

Anthony Scaramucci

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The sources of inspiration from my travels have been unending.

Prabal Gurung

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I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative when it comes to foreign policy.

Peter Landesman

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