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Age Quotes

"Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over."

"Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

Age, Want, World

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"I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed."

"I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed."

David Talbot, American Journalist

Age, Dreams, Politics, Time

20

"In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us."

"In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Age, Difficulties, Old, Youth

19

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

"Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine."

Joan Collins, American Actress

19

"By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long."

"By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long."

Artie Lange, American Actor

Age, Time, Hope

19

"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Age, Temper, Tongue

18

"Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9."

"Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9."

Armistead Maupin, American Novelist

18

"About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible."

"About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Age, Care, Man, Providence

18

"I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity."

"I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Age, Life, People, Creativity

18

"My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months."

"My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

Age, Education, Job, Months

17

"I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids."

"I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids."

Rob Lowe, American Actor

Age, Life, Time, Kids

17

"I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be."

"I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Age, Act, Acting

17

"I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform."

"I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

17

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

17

"But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."

"But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Age, Chivalry, Europe, Glory

17

"Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves."

"Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Age, Fighting, Importance, Temptation

17

"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions."

"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Age, Possessions, Usefulness

17

"Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools and yesterday's concepts."

"Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools and yesterday's concepts."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Age, Anxiety, Job, Result

16

"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."

"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

16

"A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that."

"A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

16

"I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways."

"I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways."

Kirsten Dunst, American Actress

16

"Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time."

"Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time."

Frederick Jackson Turner, American Historian

Age, History, Time, Past

16

"Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There was a rudeness, a brusqueness, with which the Indians were treated constantly. At a very young age, that had entered my consciousness."

"Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There was a rudeness, a brusqueness, with which the Indians were treated constantly. At a very young age, that had entered my consciousness."

James Welch, American Author

Age, Consciousness, Credit, Rudeness

16

"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."

"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

Age, Old, Years

15

"You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later."

"You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later."

Alec Baldwin, American Actor

Age, Change, Actors, Years

15

"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

15

"And I can't tell you how many women from a certain age group - they would be in their 30s now, 20s and 30s - tell me about how I was their role model when they were young girls."

"And I can't tell you how many women from a certain age group - they would be in their 30s now, 20s and 30s - tell me about how I was their role model when they were young girls."

Lindsay Wagner, American Actress

Age, Women, Girls, Now

15

"I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends."

"I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

Age, People, Friends, School

15

"At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do."

"At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

15

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

Age, Romance, Chivalry, Earth

15

"I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do."

"I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

15

"I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet."

"I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

Age, Time, People, Self

15

"Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age or younger. I was just disgusted. I hated being around that kind of thing. Not that it affected what I did because when it comes down to it I was doing my own show."

"Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age or younger. I was just disgusted. I hated being around that kind of thing. Not that it affected what I did because when it comes down to it I was doing my own show."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

15

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

Age, Middle age

15

"You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea."

"You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Age, Idea, Pain

15

"Age is like love, it cannot be hid."

"Age is like love, it cannot be hid."

Thomas Dekker, English Dramatist

15

"Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

"Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

Joyce Maynard, American Writer

Age, Experience, Love, Women

15

"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

15

"At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general."

"At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general."

Jung Chang, British Writer

15

"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

Tom Stoppard, English Dramatist

14

"At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence."

"At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence."

Arsene Wenger, French Coach

Age, Winning, Confidence

14

"I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing."

"I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing."

Ronnie Montrose, American Musician

14

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

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

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

14

"Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads."

"Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

14

"You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real."

"You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

14

"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature."

"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature."

Harold Coffin, American Humorist

Age, Nature, Time, Mother

14

"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."

"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

14

"In youth we learn; in age we understand."

"In youth we learn; in age we understand."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

14

"I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints."

"I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints."

Lee Majors, American Actor

13

"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people."

"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people."

James Bovard, American Author

Age, Power, Time, People

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