Nature's a tranquilizer as you get older.
I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in from the social sciences and humanities.
If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.
The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.
People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past.
I grew up in a very musical household. My brother had KISS and Van Halen records, but my parents loved country and show tunes, so I had all of those records when a kid. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to do at a young age. I loved album covers, I loved listening to a record and staring at the art while listening to it. When I got older and discovered paining, drawing and PhotoShop, I was able to do both simultaneously; I enjoy making both.
I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up. ' You can start to analyze it too much.
I love presents, But since I've gotten older, I haven't really wanted anything. Christmas is about family.
Being an older mom, I'm super mellow with my kids. Also, "curious" and "loving.
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
I sometimes imagine that as one grows older one comes to live a role which as a young person one merely 'played.
Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older.
One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet.
Everyone feels awkward, everyone feels uncomfortable, everyone gets older, everyone gets lonely, everyone gets sick, everyone eventually dies.
Most of my teachers when I grew up were like older white women. So, I couldn't really channel them.
As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.
Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get older. I'm going to start making my house look like this.
So many things we do as young people are things we have to live with as older people.