Forty Quote by John le Carré

“But at forty? They had enough appetite to eat well, enough temperance to drink in moderation, and enough wisdom to celebrate the absence of…

— Amor Towles

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

— Victor Hugo

“Forty seemed about right, and it occurred to me that it's too bad for a fella to die at forty, a real shame. It's…

— Stephen King

“He was forty-eight — an age at which permanence of habits begins to be predictable.”

— James Hilton

Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.

— Ellen Goodman

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to button the top button, failing vision, shortness of breath,…

— Robert Benchley

“Before forty, you think that exhaustion is something like a long-lasting hangover. But at forty you learn all about it. Even your passions exhaust…

— Kevin Barry

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

— Anonymous

“Life doesn't begin at forty, it begins when you are no longer afraid to live it.”

— Peggy Randall-Martin

Life begins at forty.

— Anonymous

“...at twenty-one or twenty-two so many things appear solid and permanent and terrible which forty sees are nothing but disappearing miasma. Forty can't tell…

— Booth Tarkington

Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore.

— Paul Feig