Getting Old Quotes - Page 18

• Mostly getting old is boring. I hate the stiffness in the bones. I was physically arrogant for years. I don't like it now that I have difficulty getting around. But a certain equanimity sets in, a certain detachment. Things seem less desperately important than they once did, and that's a pleasure.

  Doris Lessing

  Hate, Years, Important

  Interview with Jonah Raskin, progressive.org. November 19, 2013.

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• I got my career started late so, even though I'm getting older, I don't have as much wear and tear on my arm. I feel good. I really do.

  Kurt Warner

  Careers, Nfl, Feel Good

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

  Lena Headey

  Kids, Getting Older, Serious

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

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• There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Thinking, People, Giving

  "I've always been the outsider" by Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2008.

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• I can honestly say I love getting older. Then again, I never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.

  Cherie Lunghi

  Glasses, Mirrors, Getting Older

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• I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.

  Joni Mitchell

  Kids, Kissing, Thinking

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

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• Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. You would trade that for softer skin? Not me!

  Anna Kournikova

  People, Getting Older, Skins

  "Anna Kournikova 'Not Married, Not Pregnant, No Boob Job'", www.foxnews.com. July 11, 2008.

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• It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried.

  Garrison Keillor

  Stress, Stuff, Worried

  "Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin Talk A Prairie Home Companion". movieweb.com. June 09, 2006.

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• I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems.

  Damien Hirst

  Song, Sex, Medicine

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• You're getting old when you see a girl who looks like someone you used to know, and it turns out to be her daughter.

  Mike Connolly

  Girl, Daughter, Modern Life

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• We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Getting Older, Looks, Wiser

  "Daring to Be Ourselves: Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness, and Finding Your Own Voice". Book by Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2010.

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• It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

  Andy Rooney

  Funny Life, Ideas, Long

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• I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Running, Growing Up, Fate

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.197, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Wise, Writing, Thinking

  "How to be Hopeful". Commencement Address by Barbara Kingsolver, today.duke.edu. 2008.

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• You know you're getting old when you buy a sexy sheer nightgown and don't know anyone who can see through it.

  Joan Rivers

  Sexy, Fashion, Memorable

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• Getting old is not for sissies.

  Bette Davis

  Sissy

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

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