Getting Older Quotes - Page 12

• Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

  C. E. M. Joad

  Birthday, Wine, Turning 50

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• I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect. When it's all said and done, my name will be there and it will be mentioned ... unless you Earthlings try to erase it.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Names, Trying

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• I'm just getting older and better.

  Neal Schon

  Getting Old

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• Birthday parties make me nervous as hell. They're one of those things where you're forced to be happy. And even if you're totally depressed, you're got to pretend you're glad you were born, regardless of the fact that getting older means you're closer to dying.

  A.M. Homes

  Party, Mean, Dying

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• In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.

  Michael Caine

  Opinion, Enough, Grew

  "Is Anybody There? - Sir Michael Caine interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• And now that the Greatest Generation is getting older, I think it is the responsibility of all Americans to make sure we do our part for America's seniors. You have earned the best of America -- and we need to make sure you get the protection and health care you deserve.

  John F. Kerry

  Senior, Responsibility, Thinking

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• The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

  Maeve Binchy

  Black And White, Used, Young

  Maeve Binchy (2014). “Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words”, p.397, Knopf

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• Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

  Lena Headey

  Kids, Serious, Having Kids

  "'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey like Cersei 'when it comes to my child'". www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2015.

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• Getting older doesn't help you in the fact that you might have covered some of this ground before. So you're listening to a song that you know is a hit, but it just can't be a hit for you, it's gonna be a hit for somebody else. That's tough.

  Garth Brooks

  Song, Listening, Might

  "Garth Brooks interview: The country icon on Nashville, GhostTunes and his Portland shows". Interview with David Greenwald, www.oregonlive.com. March 6, 2015.

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• The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

  Chadwick Boseman

  Being Thankful, Advice, Best Advice

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Believe, Getting Old

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• The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat.

  Eric Idle

  Hats, Cry, Getting Old

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For me, getting older doesnt mean throwing away a favourite-coloured lipstick or a fabulous pair of boots; instead, its about harnessing all the great things I have learnt over the years about what does and doesnt suit me, and enjoying the way in which cleverly selected outfits can enhance the nice bits.

  Twiggy

  Nice, Mean, Years

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• I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Thinking, Self, Incredibles

  "Jamie Lee Curtis bares skin for AARP mag". www.today.com. March 21, 2008.

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• Getting older means you don't have to shave your legs anymore.

  Nora Ephron

  Mean, Legs, Getting Old

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  The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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• Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

  Tom Wilson

  Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Wisdom

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• It gave me a strange feeling, and the rest of that night I didn’t say much, but merely sat there and drank, trying to decide if I was getting older and wiser, or just plain old.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Night, Feelings, Trying

  Hunter S. Thompson (1999). “The Rum Diary: A Novel”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear.

  Paul H. Dunn

  Self Confidence, Wrinkles, Inspirational Birthday

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• It was about the preciousness of that, and how they viewed those birds as art, as something valuable. I didn't care one way or another back then, but now, thinking about my grandparents - who are still alive but getting older - I see the birds as sort of time capsules. Now I go home during the holidays and they hold a lot of weight in terms of nostalgia and memory. Now they mean everything.

  Nick Cave

  Art, Memories, Holiday

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• Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

  Robert Benton

  Twilight, Color, Murder Mysteries

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell.

  Howie Mandel

  Running, Kids, Stories

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• No, but it’s not because I’m getting older that I’m trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I’m getting.

  Patrice Leconte

  Ideas, Trying, Curious

  "INTERVIEW: Man on the Bridge; Leconte Balances Classic and Contemporary with 'Widow'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. february 28, 2001.

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• Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they're getting older, et cetera.

  Sela Ward

  Women, Lying, Age

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• You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can produce your own stuff. So that's when I set about forming my own company and getting creative control.

  Denis Leary

  Creative, Acting, Want

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2005.

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