Ted Cruz Quotes

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

As I grow older, I like to think I'm getting a little bit more mature.

Oh my gosh, I'd give so much advice to a younger version of myself. I would say it really does get better as you get older. The things that mean so much, the things that seem like, you know, it's going to cause the end of the world, are all things that I've already forgotten.

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

With age and experience, I started to know myself better.

I had to have experience, you know what I mean? Because I've been doing this since I was 14... I couldn't write about anything at 14. I had to live some life. I definitely lived some life.

Just because I was 30 doesn't mean I was grown. God, I was such an idiot. I was an absolute idiot at 30. And I grew up.

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.

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.

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.

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

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.

What I've observed and what I've imagined - and definitely what I'm hoping - happens as you get older is that there's a mellowing, an acceptance that comes with time. I guess that I'll find out.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.

I don't think I could give advice to my younger self because she probably wouldn't listen.

As you get older, you come to a place in life where you can't just live in the present.

You go through life and learn valuable lessons.

It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.