age

Old

  How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? Satchel Paige Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and… Read More ›

Age

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.  Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban(22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known… Read More ›

Despair

At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily.   Flannery O’Connor Mary Flannery O’Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3,… Read More ›

Wrinkles

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.   Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Armyduring the 1930s and played a prominent role… Read More ›