Karen DeCrow Quotes

I wasn't afraid of getting old, because I was never a great beauty.

After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

I think my face and voice suit me better as I get older.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to fall out. By about 4 P.M., I look quite nice.

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

One of the few advantages to not being beautiful is that one usually gets better-looking as one gets older; I am, in fact, at this very moment, gaining my looks.

The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom. And as much as the youth-glorifying Hollywood would like us to believe, it's nothing. They're wrong.

Starting in my 20s, I couldn't wait to look like Anna Magnani or Isabelle Huppert, all these great European actresses - Charlotte Rampling - the cheekbones and the heavy lidded eyes and the dark circles under the eyes, you know. So around 42/44, I started getting a little character on my face, and I was so glad.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Beauty with character ages better than perfection.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age.

I think there is nothing sexier than laughter lines.

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

I think we should be proud of the fact that our face has got lines, because at least that means we have lived.

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.

The lines on your face are your medals. You've earned them, so why shouldn't they be worn with honour?