- Ghastly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age Quotes
On the ages we pass through.
This collection moves from a childhood memory shaped by early pressure over appearance to a university course named for an 18th-century literary period, showing how differently 'age' can be used. For life-stage reflections, browse Life.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'
- Number
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- Nov 07, 2020
The age thing is just a number.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
- Anger
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt abandoned at a young age. That's where most of my anger came from, I guess.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably come up against our limitations: the realization that certain dearly-held fantasies may not be realized; that circumstances have thwarted us; that even with intention and will we may not be able to set our ship back on the course we'd planned.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as other kids their age.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me.
- Harness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grief is exhausting. When you learn - maybe through my age or experience - trying to harness the energy, whatever it is, muted energy or a concentration to find yourself in a place? You try to use it for when it's really necessary and can arrive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020