Ambitious Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

At 19, I felt like I was 40.

— Prodigy

I was 22, and 40 was old. To be 40 again!

— Lee Grant

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40…

— Jennifer Lopez

As I was about to turn 40, I realised it wasn't going to be possible to carry on being in my 30s. And that…

— Simon Amstell

I had my mid-life crisis at 29. I've got my thirties and forties into the back end of my twenties.

— Lily Allen

I had my crisis at 30. I was actually really comfortable with 40. Life was in a better place.

— Declan Donnelly

I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on…

— Dolly Parton

I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had a lot…

— Carl Sandburg

There was a time in my 40s where I thought, oh, it's all over - not just work, but I'm never going to feel…

— Paul Weller

There's something about garnering success as you get older that means you're ready for it. I feel a lot of things would have been…

— Andi Oliver

Everyone was having fun in their 20s and 30s. I wasn't. I had a career. I married at 23. Had first child at 27.…

— Ulrika Jonsson

When I turned 40, subconsciously, life was a blank sheet. Before, it was disjointed, and I was very displaced and quite mad, but it…

— James Nesbitt