Older Quotes

I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!

I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was finished, even though, at that time, I didn't know what I would do.

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.

My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'

The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much larger yields of feed in corn than if left, as they are, in unproductive grass.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Most people say they talk to me and I sound older.

As I've got older, and since I cut all my hair off, I've felt a bit more liberated about trying different things out.

The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.

My biggest insecurity is that my personality is too much, and as I get older, it's just getting bigger.

Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic.

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground.

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

The older you get, the more you fight for your own identity and start to live your own life.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

The older you get, the more you learn.

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.

As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.