“Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”
Growing older changes how we see everything — time, love, ambition, regret. These quotes capture the full arc of aging, from the stubborn optimism of youth to the hard-earned clarity that only comes with years behind you. Whether you are twenty and curious or eighty and reflective, there is something here that will land.
“No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual.”
“Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”
“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.”
“I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.”
“It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.”
“My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.”
“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.”
“Up until age 40, most men are just not as mature as women. So, it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.”
“The surest sign of age is loneliness.”
“Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.”
“I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.”
“'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.”
“I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.”
“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.”
“You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.”
“By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.”