At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it were an elderly malady, like gout.

Quote by Edmund Wilson

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Sex Quotes

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

I like it when I see an elderly couple walking together, hand in hand. Because...

I like it when I see an elderly couple walking together, hand in hand. Because...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

The old gray mare just ain't what she used to be

The old gray mare just ain't what she used to be

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Yes, I have breasts. So does 50% of the population. Do we really have to...

Yes, I have breasts. So does 50% of the population. Do we really have to...