Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes

Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 31, 1967

Topics

LifeWorkWisdomAgeGreatTime

When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten. Then I wanted to be a baseball player. Preferably shortstop for the New York Yankees.

Jerry Spinelli

BaseballNew YorkGrowing UpGrowing

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.

Jenni Rivera

FutureSmallGoalWantOwnJust

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.

Andre Dubus III

MotherImaginationDinnerResilience

I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of musicals, but I was right at that age where 'Rent' was a big deal for me and for my friends.

Anna Kendrick

AgePeopleMeCrazyFriendsRight

After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, 'You've got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people.' I was like, 'Why?' He was like, 'Because you're a Republican.' I was like, 'I'm sorry who's stereotyping who?'

Angie Harmon

PeopleMeSorryFriendsYouGay

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

Stephen Paulus

InterestingWorthSeeingOperaAny

As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.

Mary Lou Retton

GoodKidLittlePrettySprinter

We do pretty much the same set list every night, and the show's down to certain cues because we have video and all this production and lights and everything going on.

Jay DeMarcus

NightDownLightsSameEverything

My father is the oldest of seven boys.

Dr. Dre

FatherSevenOldest

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Colin Powell

PoliticsPurposeWarSupportPeople

You try all kinds of things when you are young and hopeful.

Claude Picasso

YouYoungTryThingsKindsHopeful

Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.

Philip Zimbardo

TimePerspectivePastPeoplePresent

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