"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."
"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow."
"This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom."
"Age, like distance lends a double charm."
"And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation."
"I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age."
"It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time."
"Why should 20-year-olds only be considered sexy? I think we get better with age."
"Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both."
"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."
"New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture."
"The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age."
"It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart."
"To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us."
"We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love."
"Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
"Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week."
"Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer."
"Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long."
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
"I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that."
"And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust."
"But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave."
"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
"It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline."
"Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with."
"Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were."
"I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself."
"The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot."
"I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin."
