3 December 2020 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Those who love deeply never grow old they may die of old age, but they die young.
3 December 2020 George MacDonald Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
3 December 2020 King Abdullah II Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
3 December 2020 William Wordsworth But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
3 December 2020 Gary Oldman So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
3 December 2020 Jarvis Cocker You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock – that you’ve still got it.
3 December 2020 Margaret Mead As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.
3 December 2020 Garrison Keillor I’m not busy… a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn’t think my schedule looked so busy.
3 December 2020 Fidel Castro I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
3 December 2020 Terry Eagleton Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.
3 December 2020 Thomas Jefferson In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
3 December 2020 Clive Owen If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what’s important.
3 December 2020 Gore Vidal As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
3 December 2020 Kim Cattrall I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
3 December 2020 Anne Tyler Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine – what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.
3 December 2020 Jonathan Swift Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
3 December 2020 Lauren Bacall I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
3 December 2020 Victoria Abril You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
3 December 2020 Jarvis Cocker I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
3 December 2020 Cesar Romero Because of my age and because there’s more work on the small screen. What it’s missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor’s selfish point of view.
3 December 2020 Billy Joel I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
3 December 2020 Henry James I think I don’t regret a single ‘excess’ of my responsive youth – I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
3 December 2020 Kristen Wiig Even in this day and age, if you’re not married, there are people who are like, ‘Awww! Don’t worry, it’ll happen for you someday.’
3 December 2020 Iain Duncan Smith Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you’re of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.
