Forty Quote by John Malkovich

The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them,…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends…

— Charles Stross

“There is nothing wrong with projecting this false self to the outside world during these early striving years, so long as it isn’t too…

— Gail Sheehy

I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we…

— Edgar Winter

“And for those like Norma and Macky, born and raised in the forties and fifties, it was such a drastic change from that era…

— Fannie Flagg

I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I'm in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought I'd better…

— Geoffrey Rush

Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really…

— Rik Mayall

“Many people get into their forties, fifties, and sixties, look around, and realize they have been pulled out to sea. Perhaps their health is…

— Michael Hyatt

I'd love to be a NASCAR driver because they're, like, in their forties and fifties.

— Valee

“Towards the end of his life he became a Liberal of the type common in the forties and fifties.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“We all spend our twenties and thirties trying so hard to be perfect, because we’re so worried about what people will think of us.…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

When I was growing up in the Forties and Fifties, you could hide your children from the difficulties of life, but today you can't…

— Michael Morpurgo