There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages. Votes: 6
Lytton StracheyWe owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. Votes: 6
Andre MauroisIn the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway. Votes: 4
Tucker CarlsonI developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts. Votes: 4
Umberto EcoIf it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication. Votes: 4
Goldwin SmithThe Middle Ages burned its heretics and the modern age threatens them with atom bombs. Votes: 3
Harold InnisDuring the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity. Votes: 3
David NovakIt flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages. Votes: 3
Isaac Mayer WiseI was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades. Votes: 3
Tamora PierceSetting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. Votes: 2
William FeatherThe really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. Votes: 2
Doris DayMiddle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you. Votes: 2
Robert QuillenMiddle age is the way you would feel about summer if you knew there would never be another spring. Votes: 2
Clare Boothe LuceYouth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. Votes: 2
Bill VaughanMiddle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. Votes: 2
Franklin P. Adams