Age Quotes

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

William Shakespeare

There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.

James Buchan

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Cabbage A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Ambrose Bierce

A travel agent told I could spend 7 nights in HAWAII no days just nights.

Rodney Dangerfield

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

Bill Cosby

Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.

William Jefferson Clinton

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

Jewel

Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.

Rupert Everett

I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.

Tiger Woods

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Geoffrey Chaucer

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Fay Weldon

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Francis Bacon

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

Joseph Addison

The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.

Shimon Peres

My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship.

Kyle Chandler

You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

Al Pacino

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.

Gabrielle Union

I get all fired up about aging in America.

Willard Scott

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

Marshall McLuhan