A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
I am an incurable romantic. I am even in love with the idea of being in love, and hence, I write a lot of love songs.
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that I suffered from the same condition. It's the incurable desire to tell, shape, share, occasionally exaggerate, often elongate, and inevitably bungle a good story.
I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.
