Quotes about age
264 quotes from 181 people
One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child.
Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
Douglas Adams1952–2001The Salmon of Doubt (2002)Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act II, scene v
Julie Andrewsborn 1935The New York Times (14 March 1982)
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony: Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many from Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years, Volume 2 (1 January 1898) by Ida Husted Harper, published by Bowen-Merrill CompanyBashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973)Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
Francis Bacon1561–1626Apophthegms (1624), No. 97People who say you’re just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.
