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

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

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.

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.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

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...

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

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

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

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.

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...

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish...

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish...

A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight

A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred

Food should be enjoyed rather than endured.

Food should be enjoyed rather than endured.

Is she fat? Her favorite food is seconds

Is she fat? Her favorite food is seconds

During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to...

During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to...

I wish my microwave had a 'stealth mode' so the people I'm living with don't...

I wish my microwave had a 'stealth mode' so the people I'm living with don't...

That awkward moment when you're over someones house and they offer you food but you...

That awkward moment when you're over someones house and they offer you food but you...