18 quotes found
“THE BEST people are the good old wrinkled people with a sparkle in their eye, a wink when you walk by or a toothless smile saying you are doing just fine ...”
“People will laugh at your age over your Mind and Essence”
“The story of humanity can be written as the struggle to acknowledge all human beings as human beings.”
“We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism.”
“Im really happy when Im with you. I get the feeling you feel the same way. And if thats true, I dont think you should give a fuck about what people may or may not think of our age difference. Furth...”
“So where does that leave me? I like hosting the show....Its become my identity. If thats gone, where am I?”
“Its not loving a man that makes life harder for gay guys, its homophobia. Its not the color of their skin that makes life harder for people of color; its racism. Its not having vaginas that makes l...”
“We dont ask when people age out of singing, or eating ice cream; why would we stop making love?”
“Nowhere is ageism more sexist, and vicious, than in the domain of sexuality.”
“America isn't breaking apart at the seams. The American dream isn't dying. Our new racial and ethnic complexion hasn't triggered massive outbreaks of intolerance. Our generations aren't at each oth...”
“As she drove the familiar route to the school, she considered her magnificent new age. Forty. She could still feel "forty" the way it felt when she was fifteen. Such a colorless age. Marooned in th...”
“The important part of growing older was the growing part. Resisting change meant forever standing still, which was a sad way to live.”
“This combination of ageism and sexism was also blatant in the Boston Herald's treatment of sixty-three-year-old Elizabeth Warren, whose 2012 Senate bid it sought to undermine by repeatedly dubbing ...”
“Discrimination on the basis of age is as unacceptable as discrimination on the basis of any other aspect of ourselves that we cannot change.”
“I’m really happy when I’m with you. I get the feeling you feel the same way. And if that’s true, I don’t think you should give a fuck about what people may or may not think of our age difference. F...”
“So where does that leave me? I like hosting the show....It’s become my identity. If that’s gone, where am I?”
“It’s not loving a man that makes life harder for gay guys, it’s homophobia. It’s not the color of their skin that makes life harder for people of color; it’s racism. It’s not having vaginas that ma...”
“We don’t ask when people age out of singing, or eating ice cream; why would we stop making love?”
