Michael Chiesa Quotes

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.

A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time.

Forty to 60 I would say is your prime. That's when you know the most, you've seen the most, you understand the most, and you still have some physical energy.

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

Since puberty I've always had this strange awareness that all the keener experiences I would have in my life would happen later than it would to my contemporaries. When it came to the career thing, I never worried about it. It's better if you're still peaking when you're 60, which I feel I am.

At the age of 31, I feel like I'm in my prime, baby.

In your mid-30s, you have to take inventory, or you'll stumble.

One should mature over 20 years.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!

I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.

I just think age is meaningless. It's a system we've all agreed to that supposedly signals when we should develop, reach our peak and go downhill, as they say. It interferes with our natural growth.

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with that.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

Every year, you have to keep adjusting. I'm 28; I'm not 19 anymore. You have to work harder now.

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

It's not humanly possible for anyone not to go through changes. Change is a constant in everyone's life, even in mine. I have enjoyed the change at every stage of my life.

I think about what 10-year-old Tony would want that 40-year-old Tony can make.