Matt Smith Quotes

People say you become more cynical as you get older. That hasn't been my experience.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

I've been around a long time. I've seen it all before.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

When you're older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window.

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.

As you get older, you start to realise negativity is really bad.

I'm just getting wiser as I get older.

As you get older your own problems are not that interesting.

With each year I experience, I become more relaxed. I know now what is important to listen to and what to ignore. You only get that with age.

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.

Who am I to judge is what I say. I'm 90 years old, for crying out loud, and I don't sit in any chariot.

After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?" I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me. "What?" "That No is a better word than Yes," he replied.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.