“Immature thought is predominately purposive and utopian. Thought which rejects purpose altogether is the thought of old age. Mature thought combines purpose… — Edward Hallett Carr Copy Share Image
“Somebody took my actual physical presence away and substituted this” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The sign of maturity is not when WE start speaking big things.. But, actually it is, When YOU start understanding Small things.. — Ani Copy Share Image
Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train, their silver-wiry hair and wrinkled faces, scourged by time and… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
[Anti-aging therapies will] never be perfect, but we'll be able to fix the things that 200-year-olds die of before we have any… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
“Three days a week she helped at the Manor Nursing Home, where people proved their keenness by reciting received analyses of current… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Maturity is when you have the perfect opportunity to seek revenge on someone who has hurt you and you let the moment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure. — Bela Bartok Copy Share Image
Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
It's the way of all flesh, you know. Aging takes its toll. Like I said, it's the way of all flesh. When… — Frank Sinatra, Jr Copy Share Image
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
When a child becomes an adult . . . the elders are fearful. And for good reason . . . not we… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
But the body fails us and the mirror knows, and we no longer insist that the gray hush be carried off its… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“the most weird things about elders, they learned it on a quiet younger age & don't want us to.” — Srinivas Shenoy Copy Share Image
I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the only one I would worry. But we're… — Ingrid Bergman Copy Share Image
Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging set-backs. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image