Laurence Fishburne Quotes

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

Since I was 15 I've felt kinda like... an old man.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.

Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I'm increasingly grateful for every day.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion.

Everything that happens later in life is appreciated in a different way. You can appreciate the thing for what it is, which you couldn't if you were 25 and had never experienced much else. You would take it all for granted and think that's what life is like.

The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more.

There is something to be said for being older - and memories.

Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

Ageing might have its drawbacks but it brings with it hard-won wisdom and a wonderful sense of freedom.

As I get older, I get happier.

Life is sweet, but sometimes old people just don't get it.

If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.

I think aging is underrated. As you grow older, you have perspective and you realize just how fortunate you are to be working. To be working with the people I've had the chances to work with, I honestly feel like the most fortunate person in the world. I think it's hugely important when you work to bring with you that spirit, which includes and immense sense of gratitude. How that translates into behavior is just to bring your energy, your good spirit and your appreciation, and do your homework and really listen to the person in front of you.

I'm so sad that I'm old enough to play, and I'm so grateful that I am. All that clichéd things, you really do learn something if you get the luck of being able to hang around. Even if it's a rough ride, you learn.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

I have been blessed to have experienced so much in my short lifetime.

I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game.

I feel blessed - I am a woman who has been able to work in the entertainment business for five decades. I don't want to age, but I would never take back a year for the wisdom I've gained in that time.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.

I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.