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Age Quotes

"All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal set, then go to the piano and pick out the tune that I just heard."

"All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal set, then go to the piano and pick out the tune that I just heard."

George Shearing, British Musician

Age, Family, Old

45

"Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age."

"Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age."

Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist

Age, Agriculture

45

"Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace."

"Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace."

John Boyd Orr, Scottish Politician

Age, Peace, Civilization, Now

45

"I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons."

"I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons."

Jack Irons, American Musician

Age, Music, Time, First

45

"So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine."

"So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Age, School, Self

45

"We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age."

"We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age."

Peter Akinola, Nigerian Clergyman

Age, Church, American, Grief

45

"In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived."

"In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived."

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Age, Letters, Old, Past

45

"Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere."

"Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere."

George Burns, American Comedian

44

"The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later."

"The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later."

William Jackson, American Actor

Age, Interest, Journalism, School

44

"I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something."

"I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something."

George Burns, American Comedian

44

"Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular."

"Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Age, Kids, Pretty, School

44

"I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career."

"I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Age, Music, Acting, Career

44

"It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture."

"It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

Age, Culture, Globalization, World

44

"There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen."

"There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Age, Brothers, Friends, School

44

"At my age, the radiation will probably do me good."

"At my age, the radiation will probably do me good."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

44

"She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker."

"She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

44

"Does age matter? Time doesn't matter."

"Does age matter? Time doesn't matter."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

44

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face."

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face."

Jack Nicklaus, American Athlete

44

"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."

"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Age, Revenge, Worship

44

"Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

"Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

44

"I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience."

"I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

Age, Idea, Hope, Justice

44

"I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world."

"I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Age, Thought, Interest, World

44

"My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age."

"My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Age, Mother, Giving

44

"Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."

"Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."

Russell Baker, American Journalist

Age, Children, Curiosity, Parents

44

"That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity."

"That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

Age, Religion, Sex, Being

44

"For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer."

"For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Age, Change, Children, Completion

44

"I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!"

"I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!"

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

44

"What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew."

"What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Age, Dew, Youth

44

"If you have the skill, then you can move as you age."

"If you have the skill, then you can move as you age."

Joe Morton, American Actor

44

"I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just."

"I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

Age, Cause, Disability, Hair

44

"I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age."

"I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

44

"My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age."

"My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age."

Toby Keith, American Musician

Age, Mom, Prayer, Serenity

44

"In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century."

"In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century."

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Age, Family, Character, Opinion

44

"I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one."

"I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

Age, Life, Thought

44

"Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age."

"Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Age, Talent, Invention, Judgment

44

"In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied."

"In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied."

Rowan D. Williams, British Archbishop

44

"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art."

"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

Age, Art, Work, Nature

44

"I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place."

"I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Age, History, Culture, Language

44

"Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse and drift."

"Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse and drift."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

Age, Work, Chance, Will

44

"We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest."

"We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Age, Opinions, Understanding

44

"TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't."

"TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

44

"We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination."

"We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Age, War, Law, Self

44

"One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up."

"One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up."

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist

Age, Giving, Old

44

"Beauty and the Beast seemed like it all was really brown. The whole thing was just so brown and orange and yellow, like Burger King or something. I don't think I would have liked Beauty and the Beast at any age."

"Beauty and the Beast seemed like it all was really brown. The whole thing was just so brown and orange and yellow, like Burger King or something. I don't think I would have liked Beauty and the Beast at any age."

Mike Judge, American Producer

44

"I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is."

"I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is."

Dan Marino, American Athlete

Age, Help, Job, Limits

44

"Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17."

"Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Age, People, Beginning, Now

44

"Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long."

"Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Age, Old, Youth

44

"As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion."

"As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion."

Marion Jones, American Athlete

44

"So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder."

"So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

44

"We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and stories reflect it. It's no less brutal now; each age has its horrors."

"We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and stories reflect it. It's no less brutal now; each age has its horrors."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Age, Experience, Now

44

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