Quotes About Age

La edad no lo había hecho más sabio ni más manso, sólo más rebelde.

No están muertas, Lenny. Están más vivas ahora que nunca. Eso pasa con la edad: las historias del pasado cobran vida y se nos pegan a la piel».

Michael acusó a Turner de andar tras su esposa, Doris. Pero es difícil de creer, porque Doris era catorce años mayor y excepcionalmente fea.

With age, you acquire a certain humility, Alexander. The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything. At your age, you can afford to commit the sin of arrogance, and it doesn't matter much if you look ridiculous," his grandmother lectured.

And what are we going to tell people?" exclaimed Doris. "That I'm old and crazy. That wouldn't be far off the mark," Alma replied.

que nunca se es demasiado vieja para volverse más joven. El amor rejuvenece, de eso no hay duda.

My erotic passion is quieter now, and maybe someday it will disappear altogether; I have heard that happens with age. I don't want to think about that possibility right now. If it happens, I hope that passion can be replaced by humor, tenderness, and camaraderie, as some of my older friends who have partners have said.

Estaba en edad de tener una vida sexual activa, pensaba, eso era tan importante para el bienestar y la salud como el ejercicio y una dieta equilibrada, no debía permitir que el cuerpo se le secara.

Question from a journalist to the Dalai Lama: Can you remember your past lives? Answer: At my age it's hard to remember what happened yesterday.

I have been training for years to be a passionate old woman, just as others train to climb mountains or play chess

In the past, adulthood arrived at twenty, middle age at forty, and old age at fifty. Today adolescence lasts until past thirty or forty, maturity comes around sixty, and old age starts at eighty. This is the baby boomers' achievement. Over the last half century they have redefined many cultural aspects for their convenience.

un ser extraordinariamente pequeño, casi calvo, arrugado y pálido, sin más signo de inteligencia humana que sus negros ojos relucientes, con una sabia expresión de ancianidad desde la cuna.

in itself age doesn't make anyone better or wiser, but only accentuates what they have always been.

Hay diferencia entre vejez y ancianidad. No es cosa de edad, sino de estado de salud física y mental —le explicó Cathy—. Los viejos pueden mantener su independencia, pero los ancianos necesitan asistencia y vigilancia hasta que llega un momento en que son como niños.»

I don't look bad despite my age, do I? The few friends I have left look like iguanas.

Nada hay tan liberador como la edad», decía contando sus arrugas

Victor's nephew was plump and bald: all babies that age looked like Winston Churchill to him.

Blanca argued that her reading should be monitored because there were certain things that were inappropriate for her age, but her Uncle Jaime felt that people never read what did not interest them and that if it interested them that meant they were sufficiently mature to read it.

Después de los cincuenta, la vanidad sólo sirve para sufrir»

En fin, aunque nos aferremos a la ilusión de la juventud, la mayoría de la gente de mi edad avanza a tranco largo hacia la decrepitud y todos vamos a terminar muertos antes de que el prejuicio contra la edad sea abolido.

Years sneak by quickly, on tip-toe, scoffing and suddenly they give us a fright in the mirror or smack us on the back. Every minute is precious and we can't waste it on misunderstanding, impatience, jealousy, pettiness, or the other silly stuff that soils relationships. In truth this formula can be applied at any age because it's always the case that our days are limited.

Antes se alcanzaba la edad adulta a los veinte, la madurez a los cuarenta y la vejez empezaba a los cincuenta. Hoy la adolescencia se extiende hasta bien entrados los treinta o cuarenta, la madurez sucede alrededor de los sesenta y la vejez empieza recién a los ochenta. Se ha estirado la juventud para complacer a esos

They're not dead, Lenny. They're more alive now than ever. That's what happens with age: stories from the past come alive and stick to our skin. I'm so pleased we're going to spend the next few years together.

edad no tiene que suponer una limitación para continuar siendo enérgico y creativo y para participar en el mundo. Como ahora se