Age Quotes

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

I don't really remember, but from about the age of five I told anyone who would listen that I was going to be the best golfer in the world.

Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

George Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age?

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.

This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age.

A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

My childhood is very vivid to me, and I don't feel very different now from the way I felt then. It would appear I am the very same person, only with wrinkles.

Kindness is a universal language regardless of age, nationality or religion.

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.

Education is the best provision for old age.

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.

Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!

A pain free, active lifestyle is not only possible, but it is the way you should expect to feel and live, no matter your age, no matter your previous experience.

Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern age.

Old age is second childhood.

To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

Death laughs when old women frolic.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles of his or any other age.

Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits.

Inside, we are ageless and when we talk to ourselves, it’s the same age of the person we were talking to when we were little. It’s the body that is changing around that ageless center.

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home.

My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.

The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

Simple femininity is the most important thing about a woman, and it is a quality a great many women are in jeopardy of losing. Women are being emancipated out of their femininity in this modern age.

To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage.