Joe Mauer Quotes

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

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

The worst thing about age is not quite being able to do what you once did. The best thing is learning to accept what you've got and what you are.

I think that the older I get, the more I play, you realise when it's your time.

I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

You don't have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.

At 67, you are what you are. I think it's too late to change much.

Some things you can't control.

You realize there are things you can't control. You can't control a lot of the stuff that happens in your life.

You make your own kinds of mistakes, and I’m sure you’ll have your share of regrets in life. But commitment was never your problem, sweetie. You have a better chance of making this work than most forty-year-olds I know. My little middle-aged child. Luckily, you seem to have found another old soul.

I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.

I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out.

I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I quite like being old.

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.