Proverb Origin: Inside Every Old Person There Is a Young Person Trying to Get Out

Mary Courtland? Harriet Van Horne? William D. McBride? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Older individuals sometimes embarrass themselves by chasing evanescent trends and trying to act young. Yet sometimes they succeed and feel rejuvenated. Here is a pertinent saying: Inside every old person is a young person trying to get out. Would you please explore …

Quote Origin: Cooking Is Like Love. It Should Be Entered Into with Abandon or Not At All

Julia Child? Harriet Van Horne? Sydney Smith? Margaret Grade? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: While reading a cookbook I encountered an amusing quotation about cooking: Cooking is like love — it should be entered into with abandon or not at all. But the authors apparently did not know where it came from and labeled the …