"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."

Age, Ambition

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"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Age, Youth

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Age, Absurdity, May

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

Age, Writer

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Age, Months

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Lie, Old

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

Age, Children, Parents

"The surest sign of age is loneliness."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Age, Loneliness

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Age, Genius, Enthusiasm, Losing

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

Frances Conroy, American Actress

Age, Family

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"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."

Fear

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

Intelligence

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."

Vision

"Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory."

Money

"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."

Being

"The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret."

Influence

"Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali."

Experience

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"If youth knew; if age could."

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

"No lie ever reaches old age."

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

"The surest sign of age is loneliness."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

"As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage."

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"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."

"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."

"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."

"Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory."

"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."

"The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret."

"Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali."