Christina Ricci Quotes

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

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.

The older you are, the wiser you are. The more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more you know yourself, the more patient you are. I don't sweat the small stuff any more.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

I feel like I've matured more musically than I have personally. But I totally embrace what becoming older has to offer. I find the wisdom that comes with each passing year is a trip.

Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

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.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

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

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.

Something that comes along with age causes you to simmer a bit.

As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody. Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

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

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

I don't want to be 25 again.

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

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.

I like growing up; I feel like I have an old soul. I like the age to match as much as it can.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.