- Energy
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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
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an age group that's just not being entertained - the boomers. There's a void out there. It's nice to be one of those who can fill that void.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the camaraderie of the restaurant business. I loved not having to go to an office. I loved making people happy.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of musicals, but I was right at that age where 'Rent' was a big deal for me and for my friends.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it.
- Hard Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.
- Distinctive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.
- Old Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
- Nov 07, 2020
A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always tried to do my very best, and I want to be the very best age, whatever age I am.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always think that age is a natural progression, and I'm ready for it. Whatever. I'm going to be the best 85-year-old that I can be if I'm still around.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020