Black Thought Quotes

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up.

Some feel old at 45.

I used to think 63 was old.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

When you're a fledgling youth-type adult, it appears that all people in their 40s look old enough to be in a painting hanging on the wall of a stately home in England. It's not until you limp into your 70s that people in their 40s look too young to vote, and college cheerleaders closely resemble Yorkshire terriers.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.

I was just 13 when 'The Big Chill' was released in late September 1983, so I didn't catch all of its nuances when I sneaked into the theater to see it. But I could tell one thing for sure: These people were grown-ups.

When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look'.

I don't have this feeling that 70 is really old.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

I think the years leading up to 21 were a bit more fun than 21 and beyond might be.

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

I find it hard to get old and hard to say, 'No.'

Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.

I'm so immature and still feel so young. Forty doesn't feel any different than 30 did.