Beginning Quote by Leonardo DiCaprio

When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and…

— Joel Edgerton

The main thing a childhood in the Church did for me, I think, was set up the universe as a moral system. Once you've…

— George Saunders

Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn't appreciate getting to know…

— Aimee Bender

We need to go back to the way it was 30 years ago, when everybody had Grandma and Grandpa, and we were willing to…

— Steven Tyler

For two years I watched my parents' lives wind to a close. This made me aware of old age as a one stage, the…

— Alix Kates Shulman

I do not portray the thing in itself. I portray the passage; not a passing from one age to another, or, as the people…

— Michel de Montaigne

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old…

— William Shakespeare

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as…

— Ellen Glasgow

In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don't see.

— Miranda Lambert

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents…

— Lois Wyse

Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might…

— Terry Pratchett

But the past is passed; why moralize upon it? Forget it. See, yon bright son has forgotten it all, and the blue sea, and…

— Herman Melville