Quotes About Experience

To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.

By the time you read this, you'll be older than you remember.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach, never heard anything after Wagner, and never heard any real jazz.

And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.

I like growing up; I feel like I have an old soul. I like the age to match as much as it can.

Age is not based on chronology, but psychology.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.

Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.

Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled.

I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

I am luminous with age.

I hate to tell you how old I am, but I reached the age of consent 75,000 consents ago.

Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.

When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.

Young. Old. Just Words.

If youth only knew, if age only could.

Old age spiritualizes people naturally

Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?