Getting Older Quotes - Page 8

• Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Happy Birthday, Twilight, Opportunity

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.627, Library of America

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• Women my age just don't turn me on. That's another problem with getting older. I took out an older woman the other night, and I mean old. I told her, Act your age. She died.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Mean, Night, Age

  Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.61, Zondervan

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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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• In my book tours I get to meet an audience every night. And I see that there are mostly young people, and there are a lot of more men than before, but always young, I don't get older men. As I'm getting older, my audience gets younger!

  Isabel Allende

  Book, Night, Men

  "Isabel Allende: Despite Terrorism, the World Is a Better Place Now Than Ever Before". Interview with Michael Skafidas, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.

  Natasha Lyonne

  Fancy, Serious, Good Things

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• There are no other factors that cause me stress when I get inside the Octagon. I guess that's an advantage of getting older.

  Mark Hunt

  Stress, Mma, Causes

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• I've got people who like Tommy Boy, but they're getting older and there's a whole new wave of college kids who see that and Joe Dirt, and Just Shoot Me is a little older, so I wanted stuff for everybody.

  David Spade

  Kids, Boys, College

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• Getting older is tough. I remember the last time I felt an erection. It was at the movies. The only trouble is, it belonged to the guy sitting next to me.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Guy, Sitting, Lasts

  Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.60, Zondervan

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• Is my growing old making me any closer to Christ? Am I only getting older or am I getting more godly?

  Henri Nouwen

  Godly, Growing, Christ

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• Madeleine Albright, when you see her, she's not a beautiful woman and she's getting older. But you're saying that woman has gravitas. She knows what she's talking about.

  Joy Behar

  Beautiful, Talking, Gravitas

  "Joy Behar Mocks Rush Limbaugh's Physical Appearance". Interview with Justin McCarthy, www.newsbusters.org. December 4, 2008.

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• I think that's what makes life interesting - the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

  Alexis Bledel

  Thinking, Interesting, Evolution

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• I use as high SPF as I can get, and I live under a hat like a mushroom all the time. Someone said they're worried about their kids getting older and doing drugs, and I got this look of horror on my face and thought, 'What if my girls don't wear hats?' But at 13 months old, they could say 'hat.

  Marcia Cross

  Girl, Kids, Mushrooms

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• The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

  Alberto Giacometti

  Solitude, Listening, Age

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• I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, [through] getting older and being secure within that.

  Charlize Theron

  Thinking, Sexuality, Sensuality

  Source: wwd.com

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• I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

  Crispin Glover

  Twenties, Shapes, Your Future

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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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• When I started in the business, years ago, people would always say, "You better get as much work as you can now because, once you get over 40, it's over." I don't see that with TV. Maybe it's because I am getting older, but the kinds of roles I'm drawn to are more mature roles.

  Anna Silk

  Years, People, Roles

  Source: collider.com

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• I think my least healthy habit is running around too much. And I think I'm getting better about it as I'm getting older.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Running, Thinking, Healthy Habits

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• When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.

  Tim McGraw

  Drinking, Kids, Thinking

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• It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles.

  Luke Wilson

  Nice, Different, Roles

  "Luke Wilson talks “Meeting Evil” and working with Samuel L. Jackson". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. April 04, 2012.

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• Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future.

  Will Self

  Dwelling, Mind, Arms

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• I just try to make sure every day that I'm blessed to live on this earth that I seize that day. I'm 25 and, you know, I know with each passing second, I'm getting older. So, I might well seize every single one of those seconds and make sure I'm doing as much as I possibly can in the community to know we worked hard for this and to instill that into everybody around me is truly my goal.

  Robert Griffin III

  Blessed, Goal, Community

  "Mitt Romney on Hillary Clinton's candidacy, crowded GOP field; Sen. Bob Menendez on indictment, Iran and Cuba". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• Advertising beauty products is easy. All you have to do is revile your customers by creating a disease called getting older, and then provide a remedy which does not work.

  Anita Roddick

  Creating, Doe, Disease

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• Getting older is a lot of fun. Right up there with chewing glass or putting your hand in a blender.

  Albert Brooks

  Fun, Glasses, Hands

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2011

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• Obviously as I'm getting older, I'm seeing changes in my body that I may not like... but I do love food, and I'm from the South. I'm not gonna lie, I eat fried chicken, I love macaroni and cheese, and I love grits.

  Erin Andrews

  Lying, Grit, Body

  "Up Close with Erin Andrews". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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