Age Quote by Flannery O'Connor

I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened.

— Flannery O'Connor

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

— Richard Rorty

I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read…

— Lois Lowry

It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.

— Elie Wiesel

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise…

— John Knowles

Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.

— Mason Cooley

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize…

— Vera Brittain

When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom?

— Margaret Deland

I'm always struck, when I play characters from previous centuries, how young they were when they did what they did. That's what I need…

— Jack Lowden

I think I was a child at 12-years-old, which seems amazing today.

— Celine Sciamma

I think that age is irrelevant. We're all pretty much spiritual beings - I consider myself to be about eighty-five. I feel like I'm…

— Melody Gardot

I was 10 years old when my father was assassinated in 1968. Then, I had some sense of the sacrifices and hardships required of…

— Martin Luther King III