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Age Quotes

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."

Maurice Chevalier, French Actor

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"You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress."

"You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

52

"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

50

"I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit."

"I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit."

Shirley Bassey, Welsh Musician

50

"Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age."

"Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age."

Frank Pittman, American Psychiatrist

Age, Faith, Values, Job

50

"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man."

"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man."

Leon Trotsky, Russian Revolutionary

50

"I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."

"I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Age, Food, Life, Sex

50

"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

50

"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

49

"Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."

"Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."

Alexander Hamilton, American Politician

Age, Trust, Body

49

"It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes."

"It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes."

Gail Sheehy, American Writer

49

"I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said."

"I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said."

Robert Evans, American Director

Age, Morality, Truth, Nothing

49

"A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.""

"A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.""

Claude Pepper, American Politician

49

"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

49

"I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group."

"I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group."

Stephen Tobolowsky, American Actor

Age, Being, Old, Play

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"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Age, Death, Dream, Youth

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

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

Thomas Dekker, English Dramatist

48

"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

48

"Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional culture is that it quite rapidly communicates its own indifference or anxiety or even hostility about age and ageing."

"Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional culture is that it quite rapidly communicates its own indifference or anxiety or even hostility about age and ageing."

Rowan D. Williams, British Archbishop

Age, Ageing, Anxiety, Culture

47

"I was equally in love with singing and acting from an early age."

"I was equally in love with singing and acting from an early age."

Minnie Driver, English Actress

Age, Love, Acting, Singing

47

"You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60."

"You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Age, Man, Tears

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"Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age."

"Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

47

"One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor."

"One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Age, People, Fact

47

"I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now."

"I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now."

Magic Johnson, American Athlete

Age, Basketball, Career, Growingup

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"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

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"If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it."

"If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Age, Heart, Grief

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"I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series."

"I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series."

William Devane, American Actor

Age, Character, Trying

46

"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

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"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

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"Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age."

"Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

46

"I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going."

"I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

45

"I saw how many people were poor and how many kids my age went to school hungry in the morning, which I don't think most of my contemporaries in racially segregated schools in the South thought very much about at the time."

"I saw how many people were poor and how many kids my age went to school hungry in the morning, which I don't think most of my contemporaries in racially segregated schools in the South thought very much about at the time."

Charles Kuralt, American Journalist

Age, Time, Thought, People

45

"A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'"

"A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'"

Tommy Cooper, British Comedian

Age, Old, Opinion, Ugly

45

"Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer."

"Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

45

"The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age."

"The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

Age, Society, Ballads, Nothing

45

"So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling."

"So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Age, Kids, London, Right

45

"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."

"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."

Satchel Paige, American Athlete

45

"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

45

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

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

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

45

"The characters are that vague TV high school age, but they'll be in high school as long as we need them to be."

"The characters are that vague TV high school age, but they'll be in high school as long as we need them to be."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

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"After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths."

"After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths."

Franco Harris, American Athlete

Age, Butterflies, Moths, Old

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"The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other."

"The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Age, Conscience, Voice, World

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"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."

"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."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Age, Man, Weight

44

"Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay."

"Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay."

Doris Day, American Actress

Age, Middle age, Youth

44

"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

44

"There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part."

"There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part."

Bram stoker, Irish Writer

44

"Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases."

"Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases."

G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist

Age, Civilization, Body, Disease

43

"I started writing songs at age 15."

"I started writing songs at age 15."

Vince Clarke, English Musician

Age, Songs, Writing

43

"I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me."

"I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

43

"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

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