“From all old seamy throats of elders, musty books, I've salvaged not a word.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm grown isn't an excuse for ignorance. Age doesn't define maturity. — Dominic Amali Copy Share Image
Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young. — Augustus Copy Share Image
Old age is somewhat like dieting. Every day there is less of us to be observed. — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
While longer life expectancies have been a wonderful blessing for many families, including my own, they have also led to much greater… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of… — Robert Bateman Copy Share Image
Your age doesn't define your maturity your grades don't define you intelligence, and rumors don't define who you are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to live a… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years. — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
“Arthur thinks that, above all, aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb;… — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Some people I've talked to have had really an interpretation of this record as being nostalgic. But in some ways, when we… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
When you approach middle age, lots of stuff happens. Your body is aging, you're watching people around you get sick, you're watching… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“It's not a love of the old as such. It's simply that the process of aging or deterioration provides the necessary detachment… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant time. It is true that you are quietly shouldered off the stage, but… — Jane Ellen Harrison Copy Share Image
When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
During a recent interview, President Obama revealed that his favorite movie this year was 'Boyhood.' It makes sense. If there's one thing… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“Due to some dim but irresistible notion of the way things are, it is simply not possible, out of order, not apprpriate… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Being an aging woman in this modern world can be either tragic—or magic. We watch the body of our youth go through… — Lucy Williams Copy Share Image
“The last slide is Main Street at night, with the castle lit silver blue in the background. In the sky, fireworks are… — Michael Zadoorian Copy Share Image
“I felt great empathy for my friend, as one form of cancer after another emerged to challenge him. I felt sympathy for… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
This is what history is: all those centuries of bodies, moving over these canals, twisting and blooming into life in these houses,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“The prefrontal cortex is a complex, fragile region of the brain. In its healthy state, it directs human impulses toward rational choices… — Ron Powers Copy Share Image
“Instead, the emerging story from cognitive neuroscience is that aging can be successful, associated with gains and losses. It is not necessarily… — Chris Farrell Copy Share Image
“Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
