Adulthood Quote by Gail Sheehy

Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.

— Colleen McCullough

Nobody under 55 knows anything much about life. Nobody under 30 knows anything.

— Peter Hitchens

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

42 is a really boring age, isn't it?

— Cillian Murphy

This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm…

— Suzanne Somers

I think we have to change our perspective. I don't think life stops after 50 - if anything, it gets more and more exciting.…

— Jennifer Aniston

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

— John Lennon

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

— Emily Dickinson

I couldn't believe that I'd got to the age of 50 and was feeling that my life was just beginning.

— Bez

I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about…

— Deborah Moggach

At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th…

— Bette Davis

On your 60th, here's something philosophical To give the old grey matter a stir How old would you be If you didn't know how…

— John Walter Bratton