Age Quotes

Age carries with it a double load of guilt.

Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest.

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.

Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and corrals the contracts.

The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old.

I think it's almost better to start [acting] at a later age because you have more stuff to drawm from - more life experience. When you start too young, you grow up on a set.

Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.

Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according to orderly, logical principles.

Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.

I was mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen

No matter what you do, your grandmother thinks it's wonderful.

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

I always had a good dexterity. The story in my family goes that at the age of 3 I could thread needles faster than anybody.

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

[On writing her first poem at age eight:] An ode to my dead mother and father, who were both alive and pretty pissed off.

In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear.

About age 30 most women think about having children, most men think about dating them.

Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age.

Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective.

Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!

The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help.

I won't be going to any New Year's Eve parties because I think they're naff. No one over the age of 15 should bother going to parties.

When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age.

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me so much. I doubt I would be where I am today without that amazing experience.

We don’t use phones anymore in this day and age, yet she still phones things in.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.

If you look more broadly at injury, so it includes also accidents, it's the largest cause of death in children of school age in Mexico. It's an enormous problem.

You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture

I grew up extremely fast. I was racing at the age of five. I was racing on a semi-national level by the time I was 16. It makes you grow up fast.

As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities.

I wish I had been more self-aware earlier, but I think that just comes with age.

The noiseless foot of Tune steals swiftly by And ere we dream of manhood, age is nigh.

The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.

I do believe that with more worldwide influences, the coming of the internet age and digital media, the flow of information is far greater, and people's understanding can expand more easily.

Until then, you can do what everyone else your age does. Listen to music. Watch the television. Just keep your nose away from those books.

Age-appropriate makeup? Who are you people? What makeup is age-appropriate for a seven-year-old?

Between the ages of 30 and 40 was the time when both my spirit and body were young and powerful and I could do anything!

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him.

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

At my age, I don’t need to be a sexy bundle of muscles, thank you very much.

Chinese people age overnight.

Just as the Romans were the only nation that was truly a nation, so our age is the first genuine age.

I'm not really sure where that comes from, ... Maybe it's because I've lived more than most 25-year-olds. I left school at an early age, traveled a lot ... but I still have a far way to go.

It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar.