Martin, Judith -- Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)

Dave — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:41:38 +0000

Although making distinctions based on age does violate the concept of total equality, what could be fairer? With any luck, age happens to everyone. According greater respect to greater age is the system most likely to give everyone a fair turn at high status, not to mention its being a nice little consolation for the loss of supple skin and a memory for names.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)
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Bradbury, Ray -- “The Time Machine” [Colonel Freeleigh] (1957)

Dave — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:07:24 +0000

Beware, Charlie, old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft.

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer, futurist, fabulist
“The Time Machine” [Colonel Freeleigh] (1957)
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This story comprises ch. 17-18 of his novel Dandelion Wine (1957); the novel is a collection of his short stories, re-edited into a single narrative work. "The Time Machine" was based on his short story, "The Last, the Very Last," first published in The Reporter (1955-06-02), though this particular quote is not in it.

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Martin, Judith -- Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)

Bradbury, Ray -- “The Time Machine” [Colonel Freeleigh] (1957)