Older Quotes

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.

My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent for cooking. I was always out in the garage with my dad. I have a tool belt. I'm a repair chick.

You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

The older the layers, the more each of them is uniform over a great extent; the newer the layers, the more they are limited and subject to variation within small distances.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?

Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations.

You totally value and respect your body as you get older.

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know who has ever taken a risk and lost a job has ended up getting a better one two years later.

As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them.