The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins…

All the great villainies of history, from the murder of Abel onward, have been perpetrated by sober men, chiefly by Teetotalers.

— H. L. Mencken

The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of…

— Philip Treacy

“Men in their forties were so sexy: the calm assurance of what a man liked and didn’t, where he set limits and where he…

— Andrew Sean Greer

I was broke into my forties.

— Jen Sincero

It was only in my forties that I started feeling young.

— Henry Miller

I don't know how we're going to have this baby because I'm in my forties and I can't even remember my first son's name.…

— Sherri Shepherd

When I was in my early forties, I slept with a loaded gun under my bed. Id become severely depressed in my thirties, and…

— Byron Katie

If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my…

— Jenna McCarthy

“again, I’m limited to the over forties. Your youth, it goes.”

— Robert Bryndza

“In western societies many people become sick in their thirties, develop serious medical conditions in their forties and are disabled in their fifties.”

— Steven Magee

It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.

— Jane Wiedlin

I have so many girlfriends in their twenties who live in a white box apartment, having mediocre meals with mediocre friends, waiting for the…

— Daphne Oz

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to…

— Ashton Holmes

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

— Patricia Cornwell

It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that…

— Jane Kaczmarek